Researchers at the Canadian Blue Community / Blue University of McGill develop practical new tool for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment.
A team of McGill University researche... Read More
Most water bottles contain microplastics our rapid screening reveals. Hard to Swallow.
Our new rapid screening technique has been used to show that most bottles of water contain microplastics.
Plasti... Read More
Dementia-link to bottled water as human brains found to contain teaspoon of plastic pieces. Researchers found some human brains now contain up to seven grammes of plastic – as much as it takes t... Read More
Special Report – Microplastics and tap water. Tap water meets international standards, but other water sources in Macau show contamination.
Macau, the former Portuguese colony and today’s speci... Read More
Scientists make alarming discovery about health impact of drinking bottled water — here’s what you need to know.
As more plastic waste is being released into the environment, microplastics in d... Read More
Scientists make disturbing new discovery while testing drinking water: ‘No place left … that’s not contaminated’. “A very pervasive problem.”
Scientists have found... Read More
Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples.The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp.
Microplastics cont... Read More
Study finds microplastics in Delhi’s groundwater.
The study commissioned by the Delhi govt. also found microplastics in the Yamuna’s water and soil samples from its banks.
A first-of-its-kind study ... Read More
A new study finds microplastics can block the flow of blood in the brains of mice. The study comes on the heels of other research showing, for the first time, that microplastics can lodge in human bra... Read More
