Tag: microplastics
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Stricter Microplastics Regulations Are on the Horizon. Here’s How California Manufacturers Should Prepare
According to the American Chemical Association, the average American consumes up to 121,000 microplastic particles each year—through air, water, and soil—and people who drink only bottled water could consume an additional 90,000. Now, California is taking the lead in trying to regulate the presence of microplastics in drinking water, with significant implications for manufacturers in the…
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KNOWABLE: In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, new marine ecosystems are flourishing
In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic has coalesced to create the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch, kept together by ocean currents and spanning an area of roughly 1.6 million square kilometers — about twice the size of Texas — is one of the most incriminating examples of human pollution…
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Microplastics could trigger cloud formation and affect the weather, new study suggests
Sunset scenery at Mount Tai in Tai’an, east China’s Shandong Province on May 23, 2018. Jia Guangrui/SIPA/Zuma CNN — Microplastics are turning up in unusual places increasingly often as they filter into nearly every facet of life on Earth. They’ve been discovered in drinking water, food, air and even in blood. Now, scientists have found that these tiny particles might…
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What is the great pacific garbage patch?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Scientists of The Ocean Cleanup have conducted the most extensive analysis ever of this area. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest of the five offshore plastic accumulation zones in the…
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The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic
Photo: Shutterstock, providing many images of a polluted ocean. This is the first of two-part post. This installment is written by Kim, who will present alternatives to the Ocean Cleanup project to help curb the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. The second installment is a technical review of the Ocean Cleanup feasibility study and is a…
