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Plastic waste and pollution clogging a waterway
The Microplastics in Your Kitchen: The Surprising Sources Most People Miss
When people think about microplastic exposure, they usually picture ocean pollution — images of fish swimming through plastic debris, or footage of floating garbage patches the size of Texas. It... Read more...
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Microplastics and Children: Why the Youngest Among Us Face the Greatest Risk
Every generation faces its defining environmental health challenge. For the baby boomers, it was lead. For Gen X and millennials, it was PFAS and BPA. For children being born today,... Read more...
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You Eat a Credit Card's Worth of Plastic Every Week. Here's the Science.
In 2019, the World Wildlife Fund commissioned a landmark study that calculated something that felt like it belonged in a horror movie: the average person ingests approximately 5 grams of... Read more...
Plastic waste floating in coastal tide pools
Microplastics Were Found in Human Hearts. Here's What That Means for You.
In 2023, researchers made a discovery that stopped the scientific community cold: microplastics and nanoplastics were found embedded inside human heart tissue. Not just in people who worked near plastics... Read more...
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The Invisible Threat: How Microplastics Are Entering Your Body Every Day
You cannot see them. You cannot taste them. But scientists estimate the average person consumes anywhere from 39,000 to 52,000 microplastic particles every year — and that number climbs higher... Read more...