Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study findsMicroplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through…
Farms spread livestock manure on fields because it feeds the soil. Along with the nutrients come leftover antibiotics, the bacteria that survived them, and…
Columbia researchers used a new imaging method to count nanoplastics in bottled water and found roughly ten times more particles than earlier estimates.
The first systematic estimate of human microplastic intake found tens of thousands of particles a year, far more for people who drink only bottled…
Microplastic falls with rain and dust even in the most remote protected areas of the western United States.
A 25-year field study found sludge application raised soil microplastic levels by up to 1,445%, persisting for at least 22 years.
The only systematic review of plastic degradation rates found an HDPE bottle would take about 58 years at sea for half of it to…
Of the 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste generated between 1950 and 2015, 9% was recycled, 12% incinerated and 79% landfilled or dumped.
The Lancet Countdown estimates 8 billion tonnes of plastic waste now pollute land, water and air worldwide.
People ingest 39,000–52,000 microplastic particles a year through food and drink, rising to 74,000–121,000 when breathing is included.
