World Wildlife Fund (WWF)16h
The Pollution Solution
The planet is drowning in plastic, with dire impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Could a landmark global ...
Neurology Advisor1d
Marine Microplastic Pollution and Neurologic Disability: What’s the Link?
High levels of marine microplastics in ocean water are associated with neurologic disability, such as cognitive and mobility disabilities.
EurekAlert!1d
Citizen science to fight marine plastic pollution and improve environmental management
Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean — a semi-enclosed marine basin ...
Healio2d
Microplastics in oceans may increase disability risk among coastal populations
Living along coastal areas in the United States that had higher levels of microplastics in the ocean was strongly associated ...
The Times Leader4d
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies, but can they be stopped?
In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. It’s a problem that has long littered the ...
Unpacking long-standing claim oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050
A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...
Nature11d
Microbes can capture carbon and degrade plastic — why aren’t we using them more?
Interventions involving bacteria or fungi could help to sequester greenhouse gases, create more sustainable products and ...
thecooldown14d
Scientists uncover alarming contamination in water sources — here's why experts are worried
Scientists in Latin America are sounding the alarm over the presence of microplastics in freshwater sources — and the understudied human health impacts of the plastic pollution ... and eventually end ...