Microplastics

New York : Love to buy takeaway coffee in disposable cups or use nylon cooking bags such as those used in baking liners? Beware, these may be loaded with microplastics harmful for health, warns a study.Food-grade plastics come into contact…

Canberra : Microplastics are making their way into human food supplies in oceans around Australia, researchers have found. In a study published recently in Science of the Total Environment, a team from Flinders University sampled…

Bengaluru : Pollutants like microplastics may be causing growth defects among fish in the Cauvery river, including skeletal deformities, a new study reveals.Published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, the study was led…

London : A team of scientists have for the first time demonstrated that plastic particles from our day-to-day lives such as water bottles, grocery bags, toys and disposable cutlery, among others, can end up in our bloodstream in detectable…