Tag: microplastics
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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Are farm fields a hidden source of microplastics?
Row crop agricultural field in the gentle rolling hills of San Benito County in California. Photo taken January 14, 2013. John Chacon / California Department of Water Resources The agricultural use of plastic film is especially prevalent in the strawberry fields of California’s Central Coast region, but it occurs just about everywhere food is grown.…
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‘More litter in Tahoe than meets the eye’
JT Chevallier and JB Harris operate BEBOT during a demo on Tallac Beach, June 15, 2022. Provided / Katy Jo Caringer A robot beach cleaning company’s findings so far and future goals In a test of human versus machine, volunteers evaluated their beach cleanup efficacy against the beach cleaning robot, BEBOT. Volunteers gathered all the…
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COURTHOUSE NEWS: Experts urge federal action to keep microplastics out of drinking water
Photo: Emiliam Robert VIcol American drinking water has some of the highest concentrations of microscopic plastic waste of anywhere in the world, a group of environmental experts told the Senate. Congress needs to step in to address the growing prevalence of microscopic plastic filaments and other plastic waste in U.S. water sources, a panel of…
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Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study
Microplastics and other pieces of rubbish in the sand in Lanzarote, Spain. Photograph: Susanne Fritzsche/Alamy Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries Microplastics have been found in every human placenta tested in a study, leaving the researchers worried about the potential health impacts on developing foetuses. The scientists analysed 62…
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Nanoplastics: Why you may be eating and drinking more microplastics than you thought
Watch the PBS news report here: www.pbs.org From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized. George Leonard, a co-author of one of the studies and chief scientist at Ocean Conservancy, joins John…
