Microplastics found in the seafood we eat
Pink shrimp, Pacific herring... Researchers have highlighted the presence of plastic microparticles in fish and shellfish consumed in an American ...
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Microplastics: three quarters of French soils are contaminated
Agricultural soils, such as those of large crops or orchards, are the most affected by this microplastic pollution, unlike forests, ...
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Tea, herbal tea: the millions of microplastics released by certain bags penetrate our intestinal cells
Five years after the alert launched by a study on nano and microplastics released by polymer-based tea bags during infusion, ...
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Microplastics in the air cause lung and colon cancer
An American study suggests that air pollution from plastic microparticles, released in particular by road traffic, could be the cause ...
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Contact lenses: “241 substances of extreme concern” identified
PFAS, bisphenol A, titanium dioxide… A survey, carried out by 60 million consumers, warns of the presence of microplastics and ...
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Microplastics are indeed a threat to our urinary tract
Contrary to what the WHO stated, microplastics present in the environment and the body have harmful effects on human health, ...
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Breathing could bring microplastics into our brains
Researchers have detected microplastics lodged in the olfactory bulb of the human brain. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers autopsied the brains of ...
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Microplastic: how harmful is it?
A new study by the UMC Utrecht and the University of Groningen (RuG) shows that microplastics may be more harmful ...
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