Microplastics Turn Chemically Reactive in Water, Raising New Health Concerns
A new Nature study shows that microplastic surfaces become chemically reactive in water, generating tissue-damaging radicals that may explain links ...
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Tiny Plastic Particles Are Inside Wildlife, But Scientists Still Cannot Prove It
A new review argues that nanoplastics are an increasingly recognised contaminant in wildlife, but analytical limitations and non-specific biomarkers mean ...
Sewage Sludge on Farmland Carries Microplastics, PFAS, and Drugs Into Soil
A new comparative review shows that sewage sludge spread on farmland transfers microplastics, PFAS, and pharmaceutical residues to soil through ...
Fifty Years of Protecting Children from Environmental Hazards Set the Stage for the Next Half-Century
A new Pediatric Research commentary by Richard J. Jackson argues that fifty years of progress in children's environmental health, from ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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