How microplastics could be affecting our food supply
Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...
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Microplastics Are Making Photosynthesis Harder for Plants—and That Could Slash Crop Yields, Study Suggests
On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the ...
The Invisible Threat: How Microplastics Are Poisoning Our Health And What We Can Do About It
Plastics revolutionized medicine. But what we once saw as miraculous has now become a silent threat—one we can no longer ...
Research shows microplastics are widespread. Here’s how to reduce your exposure
Research has shown that microplastics can absorb and accumulate toxic chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants ...
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Microplastics Are Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...
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Microplastics in the brain: How can we avoid exposure?
Microplastics are everywhere, even in our brains but experts explain how we can limit our exposure to these insidious ...
Bacterial slime on microplastics helps breed antibiotic-resistant superbugs, study says
Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...
Microplastics could be making our bodies resistant to antibiotics, 'staggering' research finds
Researchers were stunned to discover that bacteria's antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic ...
How worried should we be about microplastics in our brains?
Microplastics have been found in human blood, semen, breast milk, placental tissue and bone marrow, but their presence in the ...
Microplastics Are Fueling the Rise of Deadly Superbugs
Microplastics don’t just carry bacteria — they actively help them develop drug resistance. Researchers found that within days ...
Making a single change can cut your microplastics intake from 90,000 to 4,000 particles per year
Microplastics are everywhere — in the beauty products we wear, the cleaning supplies we use and even in the food we eat.
Warning Over Microplastics in the Air We Breathe After Bird Lung Discovery
Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we, with unclear effects on ...