Micro plastics

After discovering that 170 types of seafood contained traces of microplastics, Greenpeace East Asia decided to put 30 of the world’s biggest cosmetic and personal care brands to the test.

Most plastic bags are non-biodegradable. Don't be so quick to believe next time you're told that your plastic bag is "biodegradable". More often than not, bags are "degradable", which means that they will break down into smaller and smaller pieces until they form micro plastics… but they will never disappear from the environment altogether. | #carrywell #mycarrywell #carrywellbag #shopping #wholefoods #healthyfood #lifestyleblogger #austin #chicago #losangeles #sanfrancisco #seattle…

Microplastics are everywhere as of late — in the ocean, the air, our foods, and now the human body. Experts weigh in on how to avoid the tiny plastic.

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Ocean-bound plastic is plastic waste that is headed toward our oceans. The term "Ocean bound plastic," was popularized by Jenna Jambeck, Ph. D., a professor from the University of Georgia. In 2015, she detailed in an article written in Science that although the majority of everything discarded, plastic or not, is not headed for...

Microbes take up residence on ocean plastics, potentially causing changes in ocean environments.

While cleaning up this mess in the ocean is important and, in fact plastic and micro-plastics have now been discovered in every ocean in the world, including in the Arctic ice, the truth is that we must become part of the solution by putting energy toward source reduction.

As small as a grain of dust—but of great global significance. The word microplastics is familiar to many, but the dangers are virtually unexplored. In recent years, plastic pollution has become an ever-increasing burden on the environment. Countless videos and media reports draw attention to this problem. While the dangers of large plastic pieces for animals are impossible to overlook, there is practically nothing about the dangers posed by microplastics. But what are microplastics anyway?

Just like Neo from The Matrix, we sometimes get a strange feeling deep in our guts that something is not quite right with the world. German artist Steffen Kraft, who also goes by the name Iconeo online, makes amazing social commentary pictures that highlight how ironic, weird and even hypocritical life can sometimes be.

The particles could be linked to cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s