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Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near

The four-day gathering is a largely technical waypoint on the road to final negotiations in late November in South Korea's Busan.

Society 1 year ago

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Coastal communities face greater risk of microplastics

As the world's second-largest plastic polluter, Indonesia has topped the global per capita intake of microplastics that are found mostly in seafood, studies suggest, with fishermen and coastal communities being the most affected.

Academia 3 years ago

How much plastic are we ingesting?

Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging, but researchers already have preliminary figures.

Environment 3 years ago

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'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body

Now scientific studies are increasingly detecting microplastics in some human organs -- including "the lungs, spleen, kidneys, and even the placenta," Ghiglione told AFP.

Environment 5 years ago

Researchers find microplastics on top of the world at Everest

Traces of microplastics have been found close to the top of Mount Everest, likely originating from equipment used by the hundreds of climbers who summit the world's highest peak every year.

Health 5 years ago

Bottle-fed babies ingest 'millions' of microplastics: Study

Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products.

Environment 5 years ago

14 million tons of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

The world's sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tons of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans every year, according to Australia's national science agency.

Environment 5 years ago

Atlantic plastic levels far higher than thought: Study

There may be more plastic floating just beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean today than the estimated total weight of plastic waste dumped in it since 1950, new research showed Tuesday.

Environment 5 years ago

Road traffic microplastics flooding world's oceans: Study

Airborne microplastics from traffic pollution may be entering the world's oceans at a similar rate to that from rivers, according to new research Tuesday warning that the particles may also speed up Arctic ice melt.

Environment 5 years ago

Plastic-tracking yacht adds splash of environmentalism to ocean racing

When he sets sail alone for a grueling round-the-world yacht race this year Fabrice Amedeo will have a scientific mission to add to his sporting goal: collecting microplastics.

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microplastics

Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near

PREMIUM Coastal communities face greater risk of microplastics

How much plastic are we ingesting?

PREMIUM 'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body

Researchers find microplastics on top of the world at Everest

Bottle-fed babies ingest 'millions' of microplastics: Study

14 million tons of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

Atlantic plastic levels far higher than thought: Study

Road traffic microplastics flooding world's oceans: Study

Plastic-tracking yacht adds splash of environmentalism to ocean racing

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Your Opinion Matters

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PREMIUM
Coastal communities face greater risk of microplastics

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'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body