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Microplastics, defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, and even smaller particles such as nanoplastics (NP), particles smaller than 1000 nm in diameter (0.001 mm or 1 μm), have raised concerns impacting human health.
A small study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine raises more questions than it answers about how these bits — microplastics and the smaller nanoplastics — might affect ...
“Plastic cutting boards may be a significant source of microplastics in human food,” Dr. Kelly Johnson-Arbor, a toxicologist at MedStar Health, tells Yahoo Life. “While we don’t exactly ...
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. [1] [2] Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized by size into micro-, meso-, or macro debris. [3]
It's hard to imagine that a plastic bottle can haunt you for life, but bisphenol A (BPA) exposure has been linked to health issues such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and ...
A 2009 Health Canada study found that the majority of canned soft drinks it tested had low, but measurable levels of bisphenol A. [175] A study conducted by the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2010 found BPA in 63 of 105 samples of fresh and canned foods, including fresh turkey sold in plastic packaging and canned infant formula ...
STAUNTON — Earth Day Staunton’s theme of 2024, “STOP the Plastic Tidal Wave!,” aims to raise awareness about the role of plastic in ocean pollution, human health and climate change ...
Studies conducted within the WWF Mediterranean Marine Initiative of 2019 [6] have estimated that 0.57 million metric tons of plastic enter the Mediterranean Sea every year; this quantity corresponds to the dumping of 33.800 bottles made of plastic into waters every minute, representing important risks for marine ecosystems, human health, but ...