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News Articles: microplastics

Scientists are working hard to understand the impact of microplastic pollution in the environment and in human bodies. The research requires identifying and analyzing types of microplastics particles, which can range from 1 nanometer to 5 millimeters in size.

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  • Health

Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?

Plastic particles are found in our organs, blood and even semen. But do they stay in us forever? What damage are they doing? Here are six questions scientists are trying to answer.

December 19, 2024
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  • Will Stone
Researchers have detected microplastics in human testicles.

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  • News

Plastic junk? Researchers find tiny particles in men's testicles

The new study has scientists concerned that microplastics may be contributing to reproductive health issues.

May 22, 2024
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  • Will Stone
A registered scavenger, who mainly collects plastic waste to sell, walking in a landfill in Indonesia.

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  • Climate

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf

Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.

February 16, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Nuts and dried fruit items at a grocery store.

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  • Health

She tried to avoid plastic while grocery shopping for a week. Here's how it went

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
Nuts and dried fruit items at a grocery store.

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  • Health

She tried to avoid plastic while grocery shopping for a week. Here's how it went

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
Plastic debris is washed up at Depoe Bay, Ore., on Jan. 19, 2020.

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  • Science

For the first time, researchers find microplastics deep in the lungs of living people

Tiny plastic debris — some so small you can't see it — has previously been found in human blood, excrement and in the depths of the ocean.

April 07, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
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  • Global Health

Study: Plastic Baby Bottles Shed Microplastics When Heated. Should You Be Worried?

The implications for a child's health are not yet known. The study's authors urge people not to panic — and stress the need for more research.

October 19, 2020
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  • Maria Godoy
In addition to large plastic trash, researchers estimate that more than 21 million metric tons of tiny plastic debris are floating below the Atlantic Ocean's surface.

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  • Environment

The Atlantic Is Awash With Far More Plastic Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.

August 20, 2020
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Sifting microplastics from sea water

Citizen Scientists Help Track Microplastics in Georgia Waters

Microplastics are everywhere – from dryer lint to microbeads in face cleansers. Now scientists are looking at how these tiny particles impact Georgia...

December 23, 2018
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By:
  • Cindy Hill

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