by faster | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian and Environmental Science and Technology DATE: June 5, 2019 SNIP: The average person eats at least 50,000 particles of microplastic a year and breathes in a similar quantity, according to the first study to estimate human ingestion of plastic...
by faster | May 23, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: EcoWatch and USGS Report DATE: May 23, 2019 SNIP: When Greg Wetherbee sat in front of the microscope recently, he was looking for fragments of metals or coal, particles that might indicate the source of airborne nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National...
by faster | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian and Nature DATE: April 15, 2019 SNIP: Microplastic is raining down on even remote mountaintops, a new study has revealed, with winds having the capacity to carry the pollution “anywhere and everywhere”. The scientists were astounded by the...
by faster | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: March 7, 2019 SNIP: Microplastic pollution spans the world, according to new studies showing contamination in the UK’s lake and rivers, in groundwater in the US and along the Yangtze river in China and the coast of Spain. Humans are known to...
by faster | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Royal Society DATE: February 27, 2019 SNIP: While there is now an established recognition of microplastic pollution in the oceans, and the detrimental effects this may have on marine animals, the ocean depth at which such contamination is ingested by...
