Human brain samples contained a spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the most.
You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.
Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains
A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.
In a first, scientists find microplastics are building up deep in our brains
A new study shows that microplastics have crossed the blood-brain barrier -- and that their numbers are rising. A new study ...
While plastic dominates human consumption, the global economy will remain hooked on fossil fuels
Oil became more than a fuel – it was the substance that came to dominate our lives. A petrochemical shift to the rise of an ...
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‘Plastics are awesome’: Inside the Energy Department’s partnership with the plastics industry
Nearly five years ago, the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, began an unusual partnership with the country’s largest lobbying group for the plastics industry.
Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel
A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into ...
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First-time director captures the growing abundance of microplastics in documentary "Ripples of Plastic"
Chris Langer is the director and producer of "Ripples of Plastic," a 2024 documentary dealing with the growing waste of ...
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Chemical looping turns environmental waste into fuel
Turning environmental waste into useful chemical resources could solve many of the inevitable challenges of our growing amounts of discarded plastics, paper and food waste, according to new research.
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Why the burgeoning plastics problem is more than a waste issue
Plastics are a problem that knows no boundaries. These intractable incarnations of fossil fuels have found their way into the ...
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Water pollution
Welsh farmers banned from disposing of waste sheep dip on their land over river pollution fears One solution is to find and fix every illegal sewage outlet to prevent waste going into rivers.
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Plastic Pollution: A Growing Threat to Bangladesh’s Environment
Plastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental issue in Bangladesh, exacerbated by rapid urbanization, inadequate waste management infrastructure, and a lack of widespread recycling ...