Microplastics

Microplastics too small to detect

Most microplastics in drinking water are invisible to current methods. A study by researchers from the French CNRS and the University of Toulouse shows that the majority of microplastics in drinking w...
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Bottled Water: Urgent Health Warning

Scientists have issued an urgent warning telling people to stop drinking bottled water due to the harmful particles they could be ingesting. According to a study, water from a plastic bottle contains ...
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The Solution to Microplastics?

Sadly, we know that microplastics are getting everywhere, including our drinking water – but researchers have developed a new way to tackle the problem: a filter made of a rather unusual combination o...
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Microplastics from Tea Bags

Scientists Warn of Harmful Release From Tea Bags. Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk. Man...
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Microplastics from Bottled Water

I suspect humanity will look back on this era in horror more than anything else for the amounts of microplastics (endocrine disruptors) in our food, water and general environment making us all a littl...
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Research: Microplastics in stormwaters

Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental problem that harms animals and people and affects ecosystems worldwide. These tiny pieces of plastic, smaller than five millimeters, are pushed by...
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Microplastics and blood pressure

Drinking from plastic bottles can raise blood pressure as a result of microplastics entering the bloodstream, a study by the department of medicine at Danube Private University in Austra suggests. Mic...
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