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Microplastics left in water are more easily absorbed by mouse cells

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Microplastics left in water are more easily absorbed by mouse cells

Microplastic particles exposed to fresh water or saltwater for several weeks – mimicking real-life pollution – are 10 times more likely to be absorbed than pristine ones

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Sperm whales

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Most whales and sea turtles seem to have plastic in their bodies

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baby and bottle

Health

Plastic baby bottles shed millions of microplastics when shaken

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Plastic bottles

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Microwaving plastic waste can generate clean hydrogen

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washing machine drum

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Washing our clothes has created 5.6 million tonnes of microfibre waste

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plastic pollution

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A new type of plastic may be the first that is infinitely recyclable

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plastic pollution

Health

Simple technique could help find microplastics inside the human body

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Discarded face mask

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How covid-19 spawned a plastic pandemic – and what we can do about it

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Plastic pollution

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Earth faces plastic pollution disaster unless we take drastic action

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Polystyrene waste

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Beetle larvae that eat polystyrene may help solve plastic waste crisis

The larvae of a north-east Asian beetle can biodegrade polystyrene, converting it to carbon dioxide and small chemical fragments, meaning they could help break down the millions of tonnes of polystyrene waste produced each year

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Environment

There might not be as many microplastic fibres in oceans as we feared

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Environment

Ocean currents are sweeping microplastics into the deep sea

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Technology

AI can search satellite data to find plastic floating in the sea

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Environment

Just opening a plastic bottle can release thousands of microplastics

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