13 September 2024
Discarded aligners often end up in landfills where they take decades to decompose, releasing microplastics into the environment. This needs to change.
Tag: Microplastics
23 February 2023
There’s a lot to learn about the health effects of microplastics, but as humans consume more of it there is intensifying urgency to uncover the full picture.
22 February 2023
There is no escape from them, as they are in the air we breathe and in the everyday products we use.
21 February 2023
More Indonesians are eating fish as part of their regular diet but microplastics do make it risky. There are ways to mitigate that risk.
20 February 2023
Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging but researchers already have preliminary figures.
17 February 2023
To reduce the threat of microplastics in our bodies, we need to reduce the use of plastics in the environment.
11 January 2023
Letter
Pharmaceutical Pollution And Eco-Toxicity: An Emerging Ecological Threat — Jason Loh & Jachintha Joyce
Covid-19 has provided the impetus and catalyst for further acceleration in the growth of pharmaceutical industries, leading to high-risk pollutions across the world.
19 August 2022
Microplastics that are 20 micrometres or less in size can penetrate organs while those that are 10 micrometres or less can penetrate the brain membrane, Khairy Jamaluddin says.
15 June 2022
Plant-based plastics are only just starting to be more widely accepted. But challenges remain.
10 June 2022
For producers of microplastic ‘nurdle’ pellets, the price of packaging is often more than the cost of letting it spill into the ocean.