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Researchers develop method to better predict when wildfire smoke affects residents: Researchers have developed a way to better predict if and when wildfire smoke might affect the ground-level air quality of nearby communities. sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/…

Face masks protect against aerosolized toxins from algal blooms, study finds: Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. Results from a new study found that wearing the face mask everyone has… sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/…

"Microplastics in snow of a high mountain national park: El Teide, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)" our latest article that has been published in STOTEN. Have a look at it: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Scientists have found a new, ultra-effective way to remove microplastics from drinking water: ‘An unrivaled technology’ msn.com/en-us/news/tec…

This is one small section of my sample & I’m not convinced my brain can count high enough to quantify these suspected microplastics 😳

REVEALED: Common Seas research showed a shocking 77% of people had microplastics in THEIR BLOOD! Now 100,000 people have called on the government to commit urgent funding for research into how this is impacting our health! We back their call Sir Jeremy Hunt MP please take action!

Marine food chains & ecosystems are often the first exposed to microplastics. But did you know that human microplastic exposure goes beyond seafood? Microplastics have been found in foodstuffs such as: 🧂Salt 🍯Honey 🍞Bread 🍺Beer 🚰Water Via @unep: unep.org/interactive/po…

More than 170 trillion microplastic particles are floating in the World’s oceans, a new study in the journal PLOS One finds. “The situation is much worse than expected” says centre researcher @PatiVillarrubia who is one of the co-authors. Learn more: buff.ly/3F3iTfV

“We’ve found an alarming trend of exponential growth of microplastics in the global ocean since the millennium,” thetimes.co.uk/article/microp…

Concentrations of microplastics in the oceans have surged in the past 18 years, with researchers now estimating there are 2.3 million tonnes of microplastics floating in the sea worldwide newscientist.com/article/236332…

Did you know that the average human adult inhales and ingests about 163,000 microplastic particles per year? Research indicates that human exposure to microplastics has reached our internal organs, including our lungs and liver. 🫁 Learn more via @unep➡️unep.org/interactive/po…

Micropollutants (MPs) were detected at harmful concentrations and some MPs were detected at depths of >10,000 m 😱 Microplastics could be found accumulated at 6000 m. 😫 SETAC Microplastics Interest Group Microplastic News BBC News (World) Forbes WIRED Deep Sea News Deep Sea Conservation Coalition sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

‼️ NEW ANALYSIS ‼️ Do you know that we breathe #Plastics too😱? Today we released a new briefing analyzing the health impacts of invisible micro- and nano-plastics in the air: ciel.org/reports/airbor… A short thread with key takeaways from the brief 🧵👇

I am pleased to share our new findings on microplastics toxicity . Limited time free access. authors.elsevier.com/c/1gxmvzLNSfx-… Microplastic News A Plastic Planet Plastic Pollutes UK Microplastics

A class action lawsuit alleges Poland Spring bottled water is not “100% Natural Spring Water” as advertised since the bottles contain phthalates & microplastics: tinyurl.com/mps27cxf Microplastic News

"Plastic People - The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics" - a bold new documentary well worth checking out: tinyurl.com/5h9syv29 Microplastic News

Excellent analysis from @ChesBayJournal - "How #PFAS, #microplastics join forces as a synergistic threat: tinyurl.com/mryzpvb7 Talking PFAS Podcast Microplastic News

Our new paper on #Seabird victims of #LightPollution as robust #bioindicators of #plastic contamination is #OpenAccess and available at doi.org/10.1016/j.envi… Cory's shearwaters are useful to monitor plastic litter in the framework of the #MSFD EU Environment & OSPAR

#Microplastics are everywhere: “We’re eating, & drinking & breathing them,” Dr. Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH tells KCBS 106.9 FM/740 AM. Choosing non-plastic food containers, glass or metal water bottles & making food at home can help lower exposure, she tells #AsPrescribed. ucsfh.org/3PFkSMC

A specialized optical imaging setup computes the #settlingvelocities of #microplastics made of different polymers with varying lengths in quiescent water. Read this ES&T article by Stefan Dittmer and team TU Berlin here go.acs.org/8Gi