Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds.
Microplastics ‘significantly contaminating the air’, scientists warn.
We are ingesting up to a credit card amount of plastic each week (University of Newcastle).
NIST Study Shows Everyday Plastic Products Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles Into Water.
Around 90% of all river-borne plastic that ends up in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers.
Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies.
Microplastic flakes found in ‘almost all’ bottles of mineral water on sale.
There is at least 10 times more plastic in the Atlantic than previously thought.
Just 10 rivers carry 90% of plastic polluting our oceans.
Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals.
Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made.
Alarm as study shows how microplastics are blown across the world.
People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds.
Microplastics used in food packaging are discovered in human HEARTS for first time.
More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean.
Microplastics found in human blood for first time.
Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time.
Microplastics used in food packaging and paint are found in live human VEINS for the first time.
Ban on harmful microbeads could be in breach of EU free trade law, government warned.
