Plastic Tea Bags Shed Thousands of Microplastic Particles Into Every Cup, Study Finds
A new study in npj Science of Food finds that plastic tea bags release up to 2,498 microplastic particles per ...
Tag: microplastics
Stormwater Drains Revealed as a Microplastic Superhighway Straight to Rivers and Seas
A new review shows that urban stormwater networks act as dynamic reactive transport systems that can carry microplastic loads up ...
Pit latrines and septic tanks are quietly transforming microplastics into more reactive pollutants
A Nature Communications study shows that non-sewered sanitation systems retain most microplastics but transform the particles they process into smaller, ...
MOF-Infused Hydrogel Captures Up to 98% of Microplastics from Laundry Wastewater
Researchers have created a ZIF-8 metal–organic framework hydrogel that removes up to 98 percent of PET and PE microplastics from ...
Industrial Runoff Leaves a Measurable Microplastic Signature in Fiji’s Coastal Waters
A University of the South Pacific study has confirmed that drainage channels around industrial sites on Fiji's Viti Levu carry ...
Living Pollution Sensors: New Review Maps How Organisms Track Global Microplastic Contamination
A new systematic review in Environmental Management maps the global landscape of microplastic biomonitoring, offering a decision framework for selecting ...
The Toxic Afterlife of a Boat Paint Biocide Is Rewriting Risk Assessment
A new Exposure–Transformation–Response framework argues that the antifouling biocide Irgarol remains ecologically and endocrinologically active long after degradation, challenging the ...
AI turns 26 sediment samples into a map of an estuary’s entire plastic legacy
Researchers have developed NIXVEGS, an open-source machine learning tool that predicts microplastic concentrations across an entire Baltic estuary from just ...
Landfill Leachate Poses a Growing Global Threat to Groundwater, Major Review Finds
A global synthesis of 422 studies across 78 countries shows that landfill leachate, laden with heavy metals, PFASs, and microplastics, ...
Microplastics Found in Urine of 91% of Children May Shape Behavior, but Diet Could Blunt the Effect
A study of 1,234 Chinese ten-year-olds found microplastics in 91 percent of urine samples and linked certain polymers to behavioral ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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