microplastics

Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes, contaminating new food chains

Photo: Mosquitoes leave the water and take microplastics with them. Shaun Wilkinson/Shutterstock There is no doubt that plastic pollution in…

8 years ago

Microplastics in our mussels: the sea is feeding human garbage back to us

Shellfish are the natural filter systems of our seas, mechanisms of purity. So, to discover in a report released on…

8 years ago

Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in food and water

Photography by Mark Brown, courtesy of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health It’s 7:48 pm on January 8,…

8 years ago

Plastic degrading in the oceans release chemicals into the water

Plastic debris accumulates in the environment and lately much attention has been drawn to the pollution in the world’s oceans.…

8 years ago

Plastic debris found in tap water, beer, and sea salt

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body. It is…

8 years ago