Microplastics

Microplastics

A fish-shaped robot, which researchers say can suck up microplastics in shallow water, moves under the direction of a near-infrared (NIR) light, in this screen grab taken from a handout video provided to Reuters July 12, 2022. Zhang Xinxing's research team from Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University/Handout via REUTERS

Chinese scientists develop robot fish that gobble up microplastics

Microplastics found in 5 local sugar brands

Microplastics found in 5 local sugar brands

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Microplastics found in 5 local sugar brands

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic less than 0.2 of an inch (5mm) in diameter - some so small that they're not even visible to the naked eye (file photo)

Microplastics found in human lungs for the first time

Study shows 80% of people have microplastics in blood

Study shows 80% of people have microplastics in blood

Microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory. Photograph: David Kelly/Photograph David Kelly

Microplastics particles found in human blood for first time

Microplastic particles found in snow samples taken in Siberia are seen through a microscope at a laboratory in Tomsk, Russia March 17, 2021. Picture taken March 17, 2021. Siberian Microplastics centre of Tomsk State University (TSU)/Handout via REUTERS

Is it snowing microplastics in Siberia? Russia scientists take samples

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Microplastic contamination: Experts suggest more use of natural fibre in textiles

Plastics fed to babies

Plastics fed to babies

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Bottle-fed babies ingest ‘millions’ of microplastics: study

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14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

Southern Connecticut State University professor Vincent Breslin holds a sample of water that contains possible microplastics at the North Haven Water Treatment Plant on Universal Drive/UNB

UN: Don't worry about drinking microplastics in water