by faster | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Sunday Post DATE: February 10, 2020 SNIP: A study in Antarctic has found that over three quarters of the penguins surveyed in South Georgia had microfibres in their stomachs. Smaller than a baby’s fingernail, and often coated in toxic chemicals, they can lodge...
by faster | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: December 31, 2019 SNIP: Every year, 8m tons of plastic enters the ocean. Images of common household waste swirling in vast garbage patches in the open sea, or tangled up with whales and seabirds, have turned plastic pollution into one of the...
by faster | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: September 27, 2019 SNIP: Tea drinkers could be getting more than they bargained for in their brew, as a new study has found that a single plastic tea bag can shed billions of particles of microplastics. The researchers from McGill University...
by faster | Dec 12, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Forbes.com DATE: December 12, 2018 SNIP: Nanoplastics are a class of incredibly small microplastics that can result from microplastic production and/or plastic degradation in the natural environment – often from ultraviolet light. To give you a sense of...