7 stories tagged microplastics, newest first.
21 points by gradus_ad | 2 comments
ScienceDaily news release on Texas A&M research linking a common plastic to fatty liver disease, with unhealthy diets possibly worsening the damage.
537 points by giuliomagnifico | 242 comments
University of Michigan news release on a study finding nitrile and latex gloves can contaminate samples and cause overestimation of microplastics.
418 points by homebrewer | 167 comments
PlasticList is a searchable database of lab-tested plastic chemical levels (nanograms per serving) in common foods, with downloadable TSV data.
400 points by wglb | 298 comments
Medical Xpress news article on a Autonomous University of Barcelona study finding commercial tea bags release millions of micro/nanoplastics that enter human intestinal cells.
598 points by geox | 487 comments
The Drive news article reporting a study finding that tire dust accounts for the majority of microplastics in the ocean.
426 points by thunderbong | 301 comments
University of Nebraska–Lincoln news article on a study finding microwaving plastic baby food containers releases billions of nanoplastics that harm cultured kidney cells.
361 points by fortran77 | 416 comments
New Yorker article by Elizabeth Kolbert on how plastics release and attract toxic chemicals and spread everywhere, from human placentas to deep ocean trenches.