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Scientists Find Microplastics Pollution on Mount Everest

The Wire Staff 24/11/2020

While concerns about littering on the Everest have been...

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Plastic Particles in Drinking Water Present ‘Low’ Health Risk: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 22/08/2019

The current levels pose a "low risk", the body...

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Atmosphere Carrying Microplastics to the Arctic, Study Finds

Chase Winter 16/08/2019

The study raises questions about the amount of microplastics...

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Microplastics and Colourants Found In Mussels From Chennai Coast

Neha Jain 26/06/2019

It is likely the microplastics have been ingested by...

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Effects of 20th Century Nuke Tests Have Reached the Bottom of Earth’s Oceans

T.V. Padma 16/06/2019

Scientists know because they have found isotopes released by...

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You’re Eating, Drinking and Breathing Microplastics. Now What?

Anna Robuck 15/06/2019

What are the health implications of eating 250 pieces...

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Q&A: A Plastic Ocean – Can a Movie Help Us See This Invisible Crisis?

Lesley Henderson 08/06/2016

"It’s the images that sell a film, if you...