The world is pumping out 57 million tonnes of plastic pollution per year
by The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountain to the inside …
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How microplastics can affect health, as plastic wet wipes to be banned in the UK
In order to reduce the amount of microplastics entering the United Kingdom environment, the government has announced that a ban will be introduced on the …
To save our oceans and our planet, we need leaders who are ready to challenge the status quo
Ten years ago, I stood with then United States Secretary of State John Kerry in the magnificent Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of …
Scientists have found tiny microplastics in people’s arteries. Their presence was linked to a higher risk of heart disease.
People with microplastics and nanoplastics in the lining of a large blood vessel in their neck may have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke …
Flooding leaves the river full of rubbish and looking like a ‘Third World country’
Shocking footage shows how a stretch of river was left looking ‘like a Third World country’ after it was ‘festooned’ with rubbish following floods. Large …
Bottled water contains hundreds of thousands of potentially dangerous plastic fragments: study
A new study has found that the average bottle of water contains almost a quarter of a million fragments of “nanoplastics” – plastic particles so …
Scientists find about a quarter of a million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
Almost a quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics that are as small as an average liter of bottled water have been detected and …