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Ocean's Plastic Problem Posing Threat To Human Life
Plastic waste harms marine animals, disrupting ecosystems and food chains that humans depend on. Plastics release harmful ...
While plastic dominates human consumption, the global economy will remain hooked on fossil fuels
In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South ...
LA Times on MSN11d
As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
They found that the concentrations of particles in kidney and liver samples were comparable, with an average of 433 ...
Plastic Straws Are Bad for Your Health. Here's Why
Forever chemicals "can disrupt hormones in your body and lead to problems, things like increased risk of breast cancer, problems with fertility." ...
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Microplastics are making their way into the human brain at higher levels than previously recorded
Researchers still don’t know exactly how – or how much – microplastics affect health ... especially in human studies ...
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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
Finding plastic deposits in the brain does not prove ... and the many variables that can affect human health,” she said. whereas some of the larger particles that are a micrometer to five ...
Hindustan Times on MSN12d
Plastic pollution could be the silent cause of premature births? Startling new research shares insights
A groundbreaking study has uncovered a startling link between microplastic pollution and premature births, sparking fresh ...