Regularly vacuuming your house and using an air purifier with a HEPA filter can reduce the amount of microplastics you inhale, Dr. Tyler said, and wiping surfaces with a wet cloth may prevent ...

Justice & Health Microplastics Lurk in Freshwater Environments Across Pennsylvania Penn State scientists found microplastics dating back to the 1950s buried in the sediments of a river, two creeks ...

Vladimir Baulin, physicist and researcher in the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry at the URV, in collaboration with Jean-Baptiste Fleury, of the University of Saarland (Germany), has ...

Introduction Nathan R. Smith, Francis E. Clark, and Ruth E. Gordon performed the challenge regarding the taxonomic classification of the genus Bacillus in the 1930s. Their studies allowed them to ...

Plastic waste on a beach in Panama City. Scientists believe that 4.4 million to 8.8 million tons of plastic enter the sea every year. Luis Acosta/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

Flying somewhere over the planet, there’s a plane equipped with research-grade double-sided tape on the outside of its hull. Whenever the pilot lands the plane, he removes the tape, seals it in a ...

Tiny particles of plastic are seemingly everywhere: So-called microplastics have been found in the ocean, tap water, bottled water and soil. Now, they've even been found in our poop.

Microscopic plastic beads, fragments and fibres are littering riverbeds across the UK - from rural streams to urban waterways. This is according to a study that analysed sediments from rivers in ...

Leading scientists express rising concern about 'microplastics' in the ocean Date: July 10, 2014 Source: Sea Education Association Summary: Microplastics -- microscopic particles of plastic debris ...