A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the ...

How tiny plastic particles enter the atmosphere is an important question, as airborne microplastics are a potential health threat. Using a global chemical transport model, researchers have provided ...

Energetic airborne particles from the plume made unpredictable movements, but mostly traveled upwards, rising to the lab’s ceiling, backward towards the rear wall, and outward, spreading forward ...

During the experiment, airborne particles ejected from the toilet traveled at speeds of up to 6.6 feet per second and reached 4.9 feet above the toilet within eight seconds, the scientists found.

The World Health Organization is opening up the definition of airborne pathogens – such as Covid-19, influenza and measles – to include when respiratory droplets spread through the air and ...

Airborne plastic particles found in cloud water . Vishwam Sankaran. Thursday 28 September 2023 16:05 BST. Comments. Related video: Microwaves Pose More Threat To Plastics Than Previously Known.

At both 40% and 60% relative humidity, half of the airborne coronavirus particles were still infectious after aging for one hour in the chamber. But at 25% humidity, that time doubled: Half of the ...

Airborne diseases can pass from one person to another when particles that contain pathogens enter into the air, and some then remain suspended there. A range of fungi, viruses, and bacteria can ...

Portable air purifiers can cut the risk of transmitting airborne and surface-contact pathogens by 64%, a new skilled nursing facility study has shown.