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'Fish mouth' filter removes 99% of microplastics from laundry

Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...

Do you drink water from plastic bottles? Here’s why you should ditch them

People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink tap water, according to a new study. Lead author Sarah Sajedi warns that plastic bottl ...
Entrepreneur

These European Startups Are Helping to Address the Microplastic Problem

Microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic that range from the size of a sesame seed to microscopic particles –are increasingly showing up in our oceans, air and on our dinner plates, and this has ...
University of California

Fathers’ microplastic exposure tied to their children’s metabolic problems

While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...