environmental pollution by plastics
Harvard Health Oct 27
Microplastics: A hidden health threat? - Harvard Health: Microplastics have been found in blood, arteries, and organs throughout the body ...
health.harvard.edu/preventive-care/microplastics-a-hidden-health-threat
Microplastics in sediment could trace decades of human activity worldwide: In a review article recently published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews ...
phys.org/news/2026-10-microplastics-sediment-decades-human-worldwide.html
We Tested 48 Baby Foods for Heavy Metals and Microplastics: Many baby foods from Gerber, Happy Baby, and more had low levels of heavy metals ...
consumerreports.org/babies-kids/baby-food/baby-foods-heavy-metals-microplastics-testing-a5925463846/
Truckee River microplastics rise nearly tenfold during high spring flows: The ubiquitous plastics of modern life are degrading into tiny fragments and littering ...
phys.org/news/2026-09-truckee-river-microplastics-tenfold-high.html
Ditch the plastic: 7 sustainable swaps for you and the planet: Worried about microplastics? Small changes in the kitchen, wardrobe and daily habits can cut down ...
which.co.uk/news/article/ditch-the-plastic-sustainable-swaps-for-you-and-the-planet-aaXOr8T4wJeV
news.uq.edu.au Aug 27
Takeaway cups release microplastics into your coffee : Single-use paper cups used for takeaway coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic ...
news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-takeaway-cups-release-microplastics-your-coffee
Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee: Single-use paper cups used for takeout coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic ...
phys.org/news/2026-08-takeaway-cups-microplastics-coffee.html
Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, placentas, and tumors. Federal agencies have committed $144 million to study them ... Show more
Glass bottles vs. plastic bottles: Which contains more microplastics?: A French study has found that water from glass bottles contains more microplastics ...
nzz.ch/wissenschaft/glasflaschen-vs-plastikflaschen-worin-steckt-mehr-mikroplastik-ld.10018695
Swarms of tiny robots remove microplastics from soil and water: Microplastics, which are plastic particles under 5 millimeters, are a major and growing threat in ...
phys.org/news/2026-08-swarms-tiny-robots-microplastics-soil.html
The Kitchn Aug 19
Why You Should Throw Away Your Melamine Sponges, According to a Study: After a study found how many trillions of microplastics are shed from using melamine ...
thekitchn.com/melamine-sponge-microplastics-study-results-23838843
Is there plastic in your tea?: Tea bags can be a source of microplastics - even those that use plant-based materials such as PLA. Find out which tea bags are ...
which.co.uk/news/article/is-there-plastic-in-your-tea-aIY8X5t1gpcm
Liver disease: Common microplastic may increase risk: Polyethylene, a widely used microplastic, may increase the risk of fatty liver disease ...
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/common-packaging-microplastic-may-worsen-fatty-liver-damage-mouse-study
This is what's actually in your bottled water after its been left in a hot car for a day
sciencefocus.com/science/water-bottle-hot-safety
sciencealert.com Aug 11
A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS And Microplastics From Blood: A filter used to clear excess fats from the blood of people with cardiovascular ...
sciencealert.com/a-common-cholesterol-treatment-may-also-remove-pfas-and-microplastics-from-blood
Microplastics: Researchers investigate mountain bike trails near Lichtenfels for microplastics
mainpost.de/obermain/lichtenfels/mikroplastik-forschende-untersuchen-mountainbike-trails-bei-lichtenfels-auf-mikroplastik-114899338
sciencealert.com Aug 02
'Most Isolated Environments': Microplastics Are Finding Their Way Down to Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
sciencealert.com/most-isolated-environments-microplastics-are-finding-their-way-down-to-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents
Scientists stumped to find clearing cholesterol from blood also removes forever chemicals from body
independent.co.uk/news/science/microplastic-forever-chemical-blood-cholesterol-removal-b3026924.html
sciencealert.com Aug 01
New Evidence That Microplastics Can Cross Placental Barrier And Alter Hormone Production
sciencealert.com/new-evidence-that-microplastics-can-cross-placental-barrier-and-alter-hormone-production
STAT Jul 14
FDA authorized Zyn nicotine pouches without knowing what they were made of, says former agency scientist
statnews.com/2026/07/14/zyn-nicotine-pouches-fda-approval-microplastic-risk/
Why Millennials Are Facing Cancer Earlier Than Their Parents’ Generation: For years, we understood cancer. Or, at least, we thought we did. But now that ...
vice.com/en/article/why-millennials-are-facing-cancer-earlier-than-their-parents-generation/
Five questions and answers about the dangers of wind turbines: Was steckt hinter einigen oft geäußerten Sorgen? Wir blicken auf Befürchtungen rund um Infraschall ...
spektrum.de/news/faktencheck-windenergie-droht-gefahr-durch-windraeder/2329822
OpinionMicroplastics Have No Place in Baby Food: Current scientific evidence on microplastics and plastic chemicals justifies global and national precautionary action ...
commondreams.org/opinion/microplastics-baby-food
Faster tests reveal six fluoropolymer microplastics, including four rarely tracked types
phys.org/news/2026-06-faster-reveal-fluoropolymer-microplastics-rarely.html
This Popular Food Might Be Able to Help You Remove Twice as Many Microplastics From Your Body
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70868435/kimchi-microplastics-study/
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can reduce microplastics in the bloodstream, but its health benefits remain uncertain. While TPE shows promise in removing ... Show more
This Popular Food Might Be Able to Help You Remove Twice as Many Microplastics From Your Body
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70868435/kimchi-microplastics-study/
This Popular Food Might Be Able to Help You Remove Twice as Many Microplastics From Your Body
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70868435/kimchi-microplastics-study/
Is LeBron James Adding Microplastics to Capri's Waters in Viral Golf Video?: LeBron James Takes a Swing at Capri, And the Mediterranean Pays the Price ...
wantedinrome.com/news/is-king-lebron-james-adding-microplastics-to-capris-waters-in-viral-video.html
At Last, a Food That Could Help You Poop Out Nanoplastics: The modern era has brought some pretty depressing realities upon us. Nanoplastics are definitely one ...
vice.com/en/article/at-last-a-food-that-could-help-you-poop-out-nanoplastics/
scitechdaily.com Jun 01
Scientists Create “Living Plastic” That Self-Destructs in Just Six Days: Scientists have developed “living plastics” that can be programmed to break themselves ...
scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-living-plastic-that-self-destructs-in-just-six-days/
This Popular Food Might Be Able to Help You Remove Twice as Many Microplastics From Your Body
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70868435/kimchi-microplastics-study/
This Popular Food Might Be Able to Help You Remove Twice as Many Microplastics From Your Body
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70868435/kimchi-microplastics-study/
Meet the 18-year-old whose prize-winning invention takes on the microplastics emergency
euronews.com/2026/05/11/meet-the-18-year-old-whose-prize-winning-invention-takes-on-the-microplastics-emergency
Plastic in baby food: A squeezable pouch can contain more than 11,000 plastic particles
derstandard.at/story/3000000321493/plastik-in-kindernahrung-ein-quetschie-kann-mehr-als-11000-plastikpartikel-enthalten
Microplastics in the air could worsen climate change: It is now clear that microplastics affect all life on Earth. But the effects on the climate are only now ...
spektrum.de/news/mikroplastik-in-der-luft-koennte-den-klimawandel-verschlimmern/2323089
How to store food for longer without using plastic: Keep food fresh with some simple tips
which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-store-food-for-longer-without-using-plastic-aCJa05q0NXbp
There Are Microplastics In the Air, How Worried Should You Be?: Microplastics in the air are contributing to climate change.
time.com/article/2026/05/07/airborne-microplastics-climate-health-impact/
This ‘miracle tree’ can filter more than 98% of microplastics from tap water: The moringa tree is one of the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet ...
cnn.com/2026/04/29/climate/moringa-miracle-tree-microplastics-filter-tap-water
Ditch the plastic: 7 sustainable swaps for you and the planet: Worried about microplastics? Small changes in the kitchen, wardrobe and daily habits can cut down ...
which.co.uk/news/article/ditch-the-plastic-sustainable-swaps-for-you-and-the-planet-aaXOr8T4wJeV
Colored microplastics could be making global warming worse: There's more bad news about microplastics. We already know they pose a risk to health and can pollute ...
phys.org/news/2026-05-microplastics-global-worse.html
This Popular Food Might Be Able to Help You Remove Twice as Many Microplastics From Your Body
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70868435/kimchi-microplastics-study/
It wasn’t that long ago when microplastics were fringe-y science. You’d hear social media rumblings and see headlines saying we ingest a credit card’s worth of ... Show more
At Last, a Food That Could Help You Poop Out Nanoplastics: The modern era has brought some pretty depressing realities upon us. Nanoplastics are definitely one ...
vice.com/en/article/at-last-a-food-that-could-help-you-poop-out-nanoplastics/
scitechdaily.com Apr 27
Forget Chemicals. This Plant Removes Microplastics From Water: A common plant seed could be a powerful new tool against microplastics in water.
scitechdaily.com/forget-chemicals-this-plant-removes-microplastics-from-water/
interestingengineering.com Apr 16
New textile cascade filter removes up to 98.5% of microplastics from wastewater: German scientists have designed a new textile cascade filter that removes ...
interestingengineering.com/innovation/textile-cascade-filter-microplastics-wastewater
utu.fi Apr 15
Study: Microbes show almost universal potential for biodegrading plastics: Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking ...
utu.fi/en/news/press-release/microbes-show-almost-universal-potential-for-biodegrading-plastics
Every day, around 40 million liters of wastewater flow into the largest wastewater treatment plant on Lake Constance. There ... Show more
How to keep microplastics out of your garden soil: As seed-starting and planting season kicks in, AP gardening columnist Jessica Damiano urges gardeners to try ...
apnews.com/article/gardening-plastics-microplastics-soil-1d59fc57ea912beddd41aa1891c5a7da
OpinionTrump's EPA Wants to Count Microplastics While Corporations Keep Dumping Them: Committing $144 million to study microplastics while subsidizing fossil fuels by ...
commondreams.org/opinion/trump-epa-microplastics
Millions of Preterm Births Were Linked to Plastic Chemicals in New Study. Here’s What Experts Say
womenshealthmag.com/health/a70943132/preterm-births-phthalates-study/
The air throughout our homes is infused with microplastics. But there are things you can do to breathe less of them
bbc.com/future/article/20260410-how-to-breathe-in-fewer-microplastics-in-your-home
Levels of microplastics in waters off Abu Dhabi are higher than expected, researchers say
thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/04/11/levels-of-microplastics-in-waters-off-abu-dhabi-are-higher-than-expected-researchers-say/
Sultan: The surprising things private testing found in our Missouri American tap water
stltoday.com/news/local/column/aisha-sultan/article_a904d35a-9452-4226-b627-d9b055551681.html
A $144 Million Federal Program Could Change How We Detect (and Eventually Remove) Microplastics in the Human Body | Read more at the link in the comments ... Show more
www.foodandwine.com/hhs-stomp-program-systematic-targeting-of-microplastics-11946231?taid=69d92d89af8b2700017a9a0b
www.foodandwine.com/hhs-stomp-program-systematic-targeting-of-microplastics-11946231?taid=69d92d89af8b2700017a9a0b
Under fire from its Make America Healthy Again supporters for lack of action on toxic substances, President Trump’s administration has announced a new research ... Show more
Hawaii is turning ocean plastic into roads to fight pollution: The ocean plastic that washes up on Hawaii’s beaches is recycled into asphalt to pave roads ...
sciencenews.org/article/hawaii-plastic-pollution-recycle-roads
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Mar 31
Seasonal rainfall and land-use impacts on microplastic characteristics in an endangered salmon stream
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12848030/
Isle of Wight conference discusses marine plastic pollution: A mini conference has brought renewed focus to the growing issue of marine plastic pollution.
countypress.co.uk/news/25972486.isle-wight-conference-discusses-marine-plastic-pollution/
Scientists discover food that can help you poop out microplastics: The World Institute of Kimchi attempted to pinpoint which lactic acid strains were not only ...
nypost.com/2026/03/23/health/scientists-discover-food-to-help-you-poop-out-microplastics/
New device and method detect percentage of recycled plastic in plastic products: Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece ...
techxplore.com/news/2026-03-device-method-percentage-recycled-plastic.html
A 'consortium' of bacteria cooperates to eat phthalate plasticizers that single microbes can't stomach
phys.org/news/2026-03-consortium-bacteria-cooperates-phthalate-plasticizers.html
Scientists Dove to the Deepest Part of the Mediterranean Sea. What They Found Was Unsettling
charlotteobserver.com/living/article314993673.html
From Indonesia to the Southern Ocean: Marion Island’s growing plastic problem: A new 30-year study reveals that Marion Island, one of the most remote islands on ...
mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2026-03-10-from-indonesia-to-the-southern-ocean-marion-islands-growing-plastic-problem/
Scientists have turned plastic waste into vinegar: Scientists have found a way to turn plastic into acetic acid using a photocatalyst. This could remove waste ...
theweek.com/environment/plastic-waste-vinegar-acetic-acid-pollution
Mayor writes to Kataria, seeks complete ban on polythene: Calls for swift executive intervention to declare Chandigarh a 'Zero-Polythene City'
indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-polythene-ban-zero-polythene-city-proposal-10556834/
Green turtle nests may bury 'plastic rocks' and endanger the species: Even the most remote regions of the globe are not free from plastic pollution ...
phys.org/news/2026-02-green-turtle-plastic-endanger-species.html
California's plastic bill faces challenges from federal court and GOP attorneys general
latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-27/red-state-ags-plastic
Sunlight-powered process turns plastic waste into acetic acid without added emissions
phys.org/news/2026-02-sunlight-powered-plastic-acetic-acid.html
Only 9% of the world’s plastic is recycled - the rest winds up burnt, buried or littered. Even recycled plastic degrades over time ... Show more
Global Plastic Action Partnership
Global Plastic Action Partnership
Portsmouth bans fossil fuel, single use plastic and junk food ads on council sites
portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/portsmouth-bans-fossil-fuel-single-use-plastic-and-junk-food-ads-on-council-sites-5600403
How biodegradable beads may help make Mardi Gras more sustainable: Plastic beads are increasingly viewed as a problem, but a Mardi Gras without beads also seems ...
pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-biodegradable-beads-may-help-make-mardi-gras-more-sustainable
Polluting the environment for all eternity—and still sticking our heads in the sand
phys.org/news/2026-02-polluting-environment-eternity-sand.html
FG warns citizens against plastic pollution: The Nigerian government warns of severe risks from plastic pollution, which threatens aquatic ecosystems and human ...
punchng.com/fg-warns-citizens-against-plastic-pollution/
