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Researchers drop more than 8,000 pieces of litter into a fake river to fight plastic pollution
Phys.org· 2 days agoPlastic pollution can cause devastating effects to river ecosystems and the invertebrates, fish and...
Turning the Tide—How Latinos Hold the Solution to Marine Plastic Pollution
Newsweek· 5 days agoThe ocean, vast and seemingly infinite, has been humanity's dumping ground for plastic waste. With...
Are We Becoming 'Plastic People'?
Mercola· 1 day agoA plastic straw, a bottle of water, a plastic bag from the grocery — these single-use plastics seem so innocuous that people barely give ...
I sailed across oceans in search of microplastics – a new film charts my journey
The Conversation· 5 days agoThis trip was organised by eXXpedition, a not-for-profit organisation that runs sailing research expeditions at sea (and now virtually) to investigate the causes of and solutions to the global ...
Study Finds Microplastics in Testicles, With Possible Effects on Sperm Count and Fertility
Men's Journal· 4 days agoMicroplastics are seemingly everywhere in our daily lives, and scientists are working to determine...
UF med students: Microplastics are a microscopic menace to Florida and coastal residents
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA prospective observation study conducted by researchers in Italy has uncovered some of the...
Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“It’s a wider systemic issue with our entire...people’s bodies would require a similarly systemic...
Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle in Study - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoMicroplastics have been found in human testicles, with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men. From a report: The scientists tested 23 human testes ...
Opinion: Decreasing plastic use crucial in saving the planet and ourselves
Hartford Courant· 6 days agoEvidence is showing that decreasing plastic use is not only important for the health of the planet,...
Sperm counts have been declining for decades. Are microplastics partly to blame?
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 4 days agoPollution: “Toxins in the environment, such as tobacco, marijuana and vaping, can cause direct...