4 MORE Facts You NEED to Know about Microplastics
If you thought you knew everything about microplastics…THINK AGAIN! Here are 4 more microplastics facts you absolutely need to know!
Welcome back everyone! My name is Imari Walker and I am a Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate at Duke University studying microplastics in water. Today I will be talking to you about where we can find microplastics and its likely to surprise you! I will also cover some of the latest research articles discussing some of the harmful effects microplastics can have to humans and environmental health.
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If you want to read up on these articles yourself, please see the links below for the published scientific articles and associated news articles.
Science Articles:
Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Finding Microplastics in Soils: A Review of Analytical Methods: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs....
Microplastics as contaminants in the soil environment: A mini-review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States: https://science.sciencemag.org/conten...
Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution—Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest: https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fullte...
A ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon: https://science.sciencemag.org/conten...
Communicating the absence of evidence for microplastics risk: Balancing sensation and reflection https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Detection of microplastics in human colectomy specimens: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
Nanopolystyrene translocation and fetal deposition after acute lung exposure during late-stage pregnancy https://link.springer.com/article/10....
News Articles
NEW STUDIES: MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN FRUIT AND VEG: https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org....
Plastic dust is blowing into U.S. national parks—more than 1000 tons each year: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/...
Microplastics found near Everest’s peak, highest ever detected in the world: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/en...
Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scienti...
