#MicroplasticPollution

Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠

@drjacekdebiec.bsky.social

21 hours ago

Letters | Hong Kong cannot afford to ignore the threat of microplastic pollution Readers discuss a recent study on microplastics and nanoplastics in the air, and the death of Arctic foxes at Ocean Park.

"Recent scientific findings indicate that Hong Kong’s residents may be inhaling large quantities of microscopic plastic particles daily... raising crucial public health questions."

#ClimateSky
#GreenSky
#MicroplasticPollution
#Microplastics

www.scmp.com/opinion/lett...

Citizen Portal News Colorado

@citizenptnewsco.bsky.social

1 month ago

Colorado Senate limits discharges of preproduction plastic materials after debate over penalties and scope The Colorado Senate on Feb. 12 approved amended Senate Bill 16, outlawing discharges of preproduction plastic materials (plastic pellets and similar feedstock) and clarifying that the rule targets corporate facilities, while adopting amendments on definitions and effective date. Lawmakers debated enforcement, penalty distribution and possible impacts on manufacturers.

The Colorado Senate has taken a bold step against microplastic pollution by passing a bill to prohibit the discharge of harmful plastic pellets from manufacturing!

Click to read more!

#CO #CitizenPortal #MicroplasticPollution #EnvironmentalProtection

dijon-ecolo

@dijon-ecolo.fr

1 month ago

Micro-plastiques : notre santé en danger

Un livre de Jean Demarquoy, professeur à l'Université Bourgogne Europe.
👉 dijon-ecolo.blogspot.com/2026/02/micr...

#dijon #dijonmetropole #dijonville #plastique #pollutionplastique #pollution #sante #microplasticpollution

Daily Trend Mirror

@latestnewsofficial.bsky.social

1 month ago

Prince William Urges King Charles to Take Action on Microplastic Pollution Prince William urges King Charles to install microplastic filters at royal homes after visiting Matter, a climate tech company tackling microplastic pollution.

Prince William Urges King Charles to Take Action on Microplastic Pollution
#PrinceWilliam #KingCharles #MicroplasticPollution #RoyalHomes #MatterClimateTech #EarthshotPrize #Sustainability #ClimateAction #ForestLodge #AnmerHall
dailytrendmirror.com/trending-new...

Donna E

@edwardsdna.bsky.social

3 months ago

Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution Hunters and poachers have historically made some of the best conservationists—they know the animals, they know their environment. In that vein, who better to advocate for protecting the ocean than those who have felt its power and seen its beauty over and over and over again? Surfers are lining up to try out a Swellcycle […] The post Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution appeared first on Good News Network.

Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution: Hunters and poachers have historically made some of the best conservationists—they know… @goodnewsnetwork.org #SustainableSurfing #EcoFriendly #3DPrintedSurfboards #MicroplasticPollution #OceanConservation

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

@pml.ac.uk

5 months ago

Microplastics: tiny tyre particles found to stick to and be eaten by estuarine animals New PML research has revealed that particles shed from car tyres – a major but often overlooked source of microplastic pollution – are both eaten by, and stick to the bodies of small marine animal

New PML research has revealed that particles shed from car tyres – a major but often overlooked source of #MicroplasticPollution – are both eaten by, and stick to the bodies of small marine animals: pml.ac.uk/news/micropl...

#Microplastics #Plastic

Citizen Portal News Texas

@citizenptnewstx.bsky.social

6 months ago

Researchers Analyze Microplastic Data and Water Quality at Lady Bird Lake Austin researchers present findings on microplastic prevalence and sediment data from local water sources.

Austin's waterways are facing a hidden crisis as researchers uncover alarming levels of microplastics, raising urgent questions about our water quality and ecosystem health.

Click to read more!

#AustinTravisCounty #TX #CitizenPortal #MicroplasticPollution #WaterQuality #EcosystemProtection

EarthLens

@earthlens.bsky.social

6 months ago

Engineered bacteria that glow green offer a rapid, cost-effective method for detecting microplastics in water, enhancing environmental monitoring and response efforts. 🌍🔍 Link: https://tinyurl.com/2cfz4phc #MicroplasticPollution #WaterQuality #EnvironmentalScience

Tina Casey

@tinamcasey.bsky.social

6 months ago

Got Microplastic Anxiety? Chris Hemsworth Has A Solution Chris Hemsworth teams up with neuroscientists to demonstrate that the human brain is still alive and kicking, microplastics or not.

Perhaps Chris Hemsworth will succeed where the #plastictreaty #failed

cleantechnica.com/2025/08/15/g...

#plasticpollution #plastic #microplastic #microplasticpollution #sustainability #plasticindustry #csr #plasticcrisis #cognition #natgeo #nationalgeographic #disney #chrishemsworth #healthyliving

Armin Hamidian

@arminham.bsky.social

6 months ago

There’s a Surprisingly Easy Way To Remove Microplastics In Your Drinking Water (Yurii Yarema/Getty Images) Tiny fragments of plastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food and drink. In 2024, scientists in China fo…

There’s a Surprisingly Easy Way To Remove Microplastics In Your Drinking Water  – Online Marketing Scoops onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/08/16/r...

#microplastics #microplasticpollution #bacteria #pollution #WasteSolutions #Detection #health #emissions #particles #antibiotics

Joaquín Jiménez Arques

@jqnjmz.bsky.social

7 months ago

Entre otras cosas sufriremos, alteraciones hormonales, problemas respiratorios, neurotoxicidad y daño a órganos. Alteracion microbiota intestinal, toxicidad quimica... No quiero estropearos el desayuno pero... #microplasticpollution

HealthDay

@healthday.bsky.social

7 months ago

You Could Be Inhaling 68,000 Tiny Microplastics Per Day YouTube video by HealthDay

A new study estimates the average person inhales 3,200 larger microplastics and 68,000 tiny, lung-penetrating microplastics per day.

youtu.be/VnDGO4ZWB-8

#microplastics #microplasticpollution #plasticpollution #plasticfree #zerowaste #sustainability

Julie Packard

@juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org

8 months ago

Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic - Nature Observations from 12 hydrocast stations along a transect crossing the North Atlantic from the subtropical gyre to the northern European shelf provide evidence of large amounts of nanoplastics througho...

The editors at @nature.com cite two studies published this month. One details the staggering volume of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MicroplasticPollution #nanoplastics #OceanPlasticPollution

Thriving Sustainably

@thrivesustainably.bsky.social

8 months ago

Microplastics in Our Lives: Why It’s Time to Take Action - Thriving Sustainably Uncover the shocking truth about microplastics—how they invade our food, health, and environment. Explore their origins, hidden dangers, and bold solutions for a cleaner, plastic-free future.

🚨 We all need to take microplastics pollution way more seriously - they're literally in our bloodstream now! This piece breaks down the real sources (hint: it's not just bottles) and gives actionable steps we can all take. Time to stop ignoring this crisis. #MicroplasticPollution #SustainableLiving

Thriving Sustainably

@thrivesustainably.bsky.social

8 months ago

How to Remove Microplastics from Your Home and Transform Your Environment - Thriving Sustainably Find effective ways to remove microplastics from your water, food, and home, reducing exposure in everyday life.

Sobering Reality: Americans consume up to 121,000 microplastic particles yearly! This guide shows practical ways to reduce exposure - better water filters, natural fabrics, HEPA air purifiers. Small changes, big impact. #MicroplasticPollution #EnvironmentalHealth #PlasticPollution

Thriving Sustainably

@thrivesustainably.bsky.social

9 months ago

Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found.

Plastic containers in the dishwasher? Might want to think twice. New research shows they can shed nearly a million micro- and nanoplastic particles per wash. That plastic soup goes straight into our wastewater and the environment. #MicroplasticPollution #PlasticFreeLiving

Amitav Bhattacharjee 🦋

@amitav63.bsky.social

9 months ago

Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found.

Cleaning plastic containers in a #dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds!

phys.org/news/2025-05...

#microplastics #SDGs #SDG #ESG #environment #plasticfree #plastic #plasticpollution #plasticwaste #microplasticpollution #plasticcontainers

Environment+Energy Leader

@eeleader.bsky.social

10 months ago

News from E+E Leader Textile waste gets a second life. ♻️

HUGO BOSS partners with Jiaren Chemical Recycling & NBC LLC to launch NovaPoly—a degradable recycled yarn that helps reduce… http://dlvr.it/TKlKKB #CircularFashion #TextileRecycling #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #MicroplasticPollution

Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones (Plastic pollution scientist)

@winniecj.bsky.social

10 months ago

📢 Policy Brief | Urgent need for UK policy on Microplastics

Researchers from 7 institutes join to review the evidence & call the UK to action on tackling #microplastics

@bangoruniversity.bsky.social

plasticspolicy.port.ac.uk/research/urg...

#policybrief #microplasticpollution

AI News Brew

@ainewsbrew.bsky.social

10 months ago

Earth Day 2025: Global Efforts to Address Microplastic Pollution from Clothing | AI News Brew <p>As Earth Day 2025 approaches, a growing environmental concern is taking center stage: the shedding of microplastic fibers from everyday clothing. Synthetic fabrics, which make up about two-thirds o...

Earth Day 2025: Global Efforts to Address Microplastic Pollution from Clothing
ainewsbrew.com/article/3949

#EarthDay2025 #MicroplasticPollution #SustainableFashion #OceanHealth #EnvironmentalAction

Earth.com

@earthdotcom.bsky.social

10 months ago

'Alarming' levels of microplastics found in every major European river Microplastics have been found in all major European rivers, highlighting urgent concerns about pollution and plastic production.

‘Alarming’ levels of microplastics found in every major European river: Microplastics have been found in all major European rivers, highlighting urgent concerns about pollution and plastic production.

#MicroplasticPollution #EuropeanRivers #EnvironmentalCrisis #PlasticWaste #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap

Thriving Sustainably

@thrivesustainably.bsky.social

11 months ago

The impact of microplastics on the plankton microbiome This study shows that microplastics impact our ecosystems right down to the tiniest organisms.

Microplastics aren’t just polluting the ocean—they’re disrupting the very foundation of marine life. 🌊 This study shows how they alter the plankton microbiome, which could have huge ripple effects on entire ecosystems. #MicroplasticPollution #SaveOurOceans #PlasticFree

NONA

@madebynona.bsky.social

11 months ago

Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay

Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#plasticpollution #microplasticpollution #microplastics #reducereuserecycle

NONA

@madebynona.bsky.social

1 year ago

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#microplasticpollution #microplastics #reducereuserecycle

Saint Palermo

@saintpalermo.bsky.social

1 year ago

Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.

Even if they were all EV’s, just think of all that #microplasticpollution from the tires. 😡😖
We need to #DriveLESS!

theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...

@healthwellness.bsky.social

1 year ago

More microplastics in brain than other organs: What does it mean? People diagnosed with dementia have up to 10 times more microplastics present in their brains than those without the condition, a new study has found.

🔬 🔬 What does it mean?

#Microplasticpollution #Brainhealth

Earth.com

@earthdotcom.bsky.social

1 year ago

Scientists discover how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs Coral reefs trap microplastics due to their mucus. Researchers confirmed that coral mucus acts as an adhesive.

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most diverse and essential ecosystems on Earth. However, microplastics have become a growing threat, infiltrating these habitats and harming marine life.

#MicroplasticPollution #CoralReefs #MarineConservation #OceanHealth #Earth

beachgoods.com

@beachgoods.bsky.social

1 year ago

Scientists call on U.S., Canada to confront 'ubiquitous' Great Lakes microplastics pollution The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel of scientists said.

www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l... #allianceforthegreatlakes #greatlakes #lake #lakeerie #lakehuron #lakemichigan #lakeontario #lakesuperior #microplastic #microplastics #microplasticpollution #notgood #pollution #wtf

Geekoo

@handle.invalid

1 year ago

Microplastics Found in 99% of Seafood Samples: What It Means for You A shocking new study has found microplastic contamination in nearly all tested seafood samples, raising concerns about human health and environmental impact.

99% of tested seafood samples contained microplastics! These pollutants carry toxic chemicals linked to cancer and brain damage.

#MicroplasticPollution #SeafoodSafety #Environment