The Plastic Nile: Toxic Cargo of Microplastics Threatens River Life and Human Health
A new scoping review finds that microplastics in the Nile River carry heavy metals, organic pollutants, and antibiotics into fish ...
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Plastic Rain: Four Years of Research Reveal Microplastics Now Permeate the Air We Breathe
A new review of 161 studies from 2021 to 2025 shows atmospheric microplastics are globally ubiquitous, dominated by fibers from ...
Biodegradable Plastics Can Shed More Microplastics Than Conventional Ones, Study Finds
A new University of Alicante study finds that biodegradable plastics such as PLA, PHB and thermoplastic starch can release as ...
Microplastics Overwhelm Liver Immune Cells and Derail Metabolism in Mice
A twelve-week mouse study shows that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in liver macrophages and disrupt metabolism in strikingly different ways ...
Plastic Particles Are Everywhere in the World’s Protected Wetlands, First Global Review Finds
The first systematic global review finds microplastics are ubiquitous in Ramsar wetlands, with rising contamination, polyethylene and polypropylene dominating, and ...
Plastic particles are now inside us, but do they make us sick?
A sweeping review finds micro- and nanoplastics throughout human tissues and plausible mechanisms of harm, while cautioning that definitive proof ...
Microplastics Are Flooding Malaysian Cities, and the Laws Are Not Ready
A comparative policy analysis finds Malaysian cities heavily contaminated with microplastics yet governed by legislation that never explicitly addresses them, ...
Sewage Is the Superhighway Spreading Antibiotic Resistance Across the Planet
A major new review finds that sewage and freshwater are the dominant environmental pathways spreading antibiotic resistance genes worldwide and ...
Biodegradable Plastics May Be Worse for the Climate Than Conventional Ones, Soil Study Finds
A 60-day incubation study of Loess Plateau orchard soils shows biodegradable PLA microplastics sharply increased carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide ...
How Much Plastic Really Reaches Your Cells? New Study Rethinks Toxicity Testing
A new TNO study shows that standard toxicity tests can underestimate the hazard of microplastics by about a factor of ...
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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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