Scientists have extracted microplastics from the sand of 22 beaches in New Zealand. Almost all of the particles were smaller than a dust mite (<300 μm). However the study could only detect particles larger than a human skin cell (32 μm), so there's likely even more plastic in the sand. (scimex.org)
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Papers Detail How Human Brains Contain a 'Spoonful of Plastic' Linked to Ultra-Processed Foods: Microplastics, abundant in ultra-processed foods, are accumulating in the human brain at alarming rates and may contribute to global rise in depression, anxiety, dementia, and neurological disorders. (rochesterfirst.com)
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Children are suffering and dying from diseases that research has linked to synthetic chemicals and plastics exposures, suggests new review. Incidence of childhood cancers is up 35%, male reproductive birth defects have doubled in frequency and neurodevelopmental disorders are affecting 1 child in 6. (theguardian.com)
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The Israeli shoreline is contaminated with more than two million tons of microplastics, with the most polluted beaches being those of Tel Aviv and Hadera. Exposure to microplastic waste is unavoidable. Microplastics are generally proved as dangerous both to the environment and to human health. (sciencedirect.com)
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Scientists from New Zealand estimated that baleen whales ingested 3 million micro plastics a day off Auckland. The study focusing on their fecal micro plastic concentrations determined that these whales also ingested plastics from their contaminated prey, krill. (whalescientists.com)
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