Chemists cook up way to remove microplastics using okra
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Extracts of okra and other slimy plants commonly used in cooking can help remove…
4 years ago
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No mountain high enough: Study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air
PARIS, France (AFP) - From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, microplastics are everywhere – even high in the Earth’s…
5 years ago
Into the ‘plastisphere’: Scientists comb Japan waters to study new eco threat
by Etienne BALMER and Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France-Presse SHIMODA, Japa (AFP) - A boat's crew casts a net into the…
5 years ago
Washing your clothes can create Arctic microplastic pollution
by Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by…
5 years ago
Researchers to conduct major Japan ocean microplastics survey
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters of Japan from April, a…
6 years ago
Microplastics in drinking water not a health risk for now: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday the level of microplastics in drinking-water is not yet…
7 years ago
Microplastics may enter foodchain through mosquitoes
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Mosquito larvae have been observed ingesting microplastics that can be passed up the food chain,…
8 years ago
Microplastics in Arctic sea ice – ‘nowhere is immune’
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Researchers warned Tuesday of a "troubling" accumulation of microplastics in…
8 years ago
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