Microplastics Have Infiltrated Bangladesh’s Waters, Fish, Salt and Even Tea
A systematic review of 50 studies finds microplastics contaminating Bangladesh's water, sediment, fish, salt, sugar and tea, with textile fibers ...
Tag: polyethylene
Aged Plastic Particles Turn a Common Herbicide Into a Far Deadlier Threat to Freshwater Life
A new study shows that weathered polyethylene microplastics adsorb the herbicide 2,4-D and inflict significantly greater behavioral, regenerative, and reproductive ...
Microplastics May Be Silently Rewiring the Ocean’s Smallest Powerhouses
A systematic review of 43 experimental studies reveals that while microplastics consistently impair growth, photosynthesis, and cellular stress responses in ...
Mixed Microplastics Quietly Wreck Fish Blood, Metabolism and Growth
A 21-day laboratory study shows that polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride microplastics, especially in combination, cause anemia, liver and kidney stress, ...
New Protocol Reveals Millions of Microplastic Clues Hidden in Greenhouse Soils
Spanish researchers have validated a new analytical protocol that reliably extracts and identifies microplastics as small as 50 micrometres in ...
Shrimp Shell Chitosan Extracted With Green Solvent Pulls Microplastics From Water
Researchers extracted chitosan from shrimp shells using a choline chloride–malonic acid deep eutectic solvent and showed it can coagulate polyethylene ...
Inside the Catalyst: How Ziegler–Natta Particle Design Steers Polyethylene Performance
Researchers at Jam Petrochemical Company and Amirkabir University of Technology show how the composition, porosity, and morphology of industrial Ziegler–Natta ...
Bubble Barriers Catch Floating Microplastics but Let Smaller Particles Slip Through
Laboratory flume experiments reveal that air bubble barriers strongly retain large buoyant microplastics but allow small, dense particles to pass ...
Polyethylene Microplastics Linger in Soil for Decades as They Quietly Merge With Soil Structure
A 22-month isotope-labeling experiment shows polyethylene microplastics mineralize at just 0.12 percent in agricultural soil while gradually embedding themselves in ...
Sunlight-Aged Microplastics Turn More Toxic to Water Fleas, Study Finds
Brazilian researchers show that sunlight-weathered polyethylene microplastics become more damaging to the reproduction of Daphnia similis, while the insecticide imidacloprid ...
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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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