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A class action lawsuit alleges Poland Spring bottled water is not “100% Natural Spring Water” as advertised since the bottles contain phthalates & microplastics: tinyurl.com/mps27cxf @microplastics_

Poland Spring Lawsuit Says Water Bottles Contain Harmful Microplastics, Phthalates

A class action lawsuit alleges Poland Spring bottled water is not “100% Natural Spring Water” as advertised since the bottles contain phthalates and microplastics.

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UCSF Health@UCSFHospitals29 Mar 2024
#Microplastics are everywhere: “We’re eating, & drinking & breathing them,” Dr. @TraceyJWoodruff tells @KCBSRadio. Choosing non-plastic food containers, glass or metal water bottles & making food at home can help lower exposure, she tells #AsPrescribed. ucsfh.org/3PFkSMC
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A specialized optical imaging setup computes the #settlingvelocities of #microplastics made of different polymers with varying lengths in quiescent water. Read this ES&T article by Stefan Dittmer and team @TUBerlin here go.acs.org/8Gi
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"Plastic People - The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics" - a bold new documentary well worth checking out: tinyurl.com/5h9syv29 @microplastics_
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Excellent analysis from @ChesBayJournal - "How #PFAS, #microplastics join forces as a synergistic threat: tinyurl.com/mryzpvb7 @TalkingPFAS @microplastics_
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Airam Rodríguez@Airam_Rguez28 Mar 2024
Our new paper on #Seabird victims of #LightPollution as robust #bioindicators of #plastic contamination is #OpenAccess and available at doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.202… Cory's shearwaters are useful to monitor plastic litter in the framework of the #MSFD @EU_ENV & @osparcomm
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Dr. Tariq Mehmood@tariqslamat24 Apr 2023
I am pleased to share our new findings on microplastics toxicity . Limited time free access. authors.elsevier.com/c/1gxmv… @microplastics_ @aplastic_planet @PlasticPollutes @UK_Microplastic
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‼️ NEW ANALYSIS ‼️ Do you know that we breathe #Plastics too😱? Today we released a new briefing analyzing the health impacts of invisible micro- and nano-plastics in the air: ciel.org/reports/airborne-mi… A short thread with key takeaways from the brief 🧵👇
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UN Biodiversity
@UNBiodiversity8 Mar 2023
Marine food chains & ecosystems are often the first exposed to microplastics. But did you know that human microplastic exposure goes beyond seafood? Microplastics have been found in foodstuffs such as: 🧂Salt 🍯Honey 🍞Bread 🍺Beer 🚰Water Via @unep: unep.org/interactive/polluti…
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More than 170 trillion microplastic particles are floating in the World’s oceans, a new study in the journal @PLOSONE finds. “The situation is much worse than expected” says centre researcher @PatiVillarrubia who is one of the co-authors. Learn more: buff.ly/3F3iTfV
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UN Biodiversity
@UNBiodiversity10 Mar 2023
Did you know that the average human adult inhales and ingests about 163,000 microplastic particles per year? Research indicates that human exposure to microplastics has reached our internal organs, including our lungs and liver. 🫁 Learn more via @unep➡️unep.org/interactive/polluti…
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New Scientist
@newscientist9 Mar 2023
Concentrations of microplastics in the oceans have surged in the past 18 years, with researchers now estimating there are 2.3 million tonnes of microplastics floating in the sea worldwide newscientist.com/article/236…

Scientists warn of 'alarming' rise in ocean microplastic pollution | New Scientist

Global data on ocean surface level pollution suggests there are now 2.3 million tonnes of microplastic pollution floating in the world’s seas, with concentrations surging since 2005

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Blue Planet Society@Seasaver9 Mar 2023
“We’ve found an alarming trend of exponential growth of microplastics in the global ocean since the millennium,” thetimes.co.uk/article/micro…
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Raquel Peixoto@peixotors11 Mar 2023
Micropollutants (MPs) were detected at harmful concentrations and some MPs were detected at depths of >10,000 m 😱 Microplastics could be found accumulated at 6000 m. 😫 @SETAC_plastics @microplastics_ @BBCWorld @Forbes @WIRED @deepseanews @DeepSeaConserve sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Raquel Peixoto@peixotors9 Mar 2023
Micropollutants are widely spread 😞and eventually accumulated in deep-sea areas. more details at: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… by @carenvilela @DamascenoTaissa et al. And at oceanbites.org/the-deep-sink… @aeon_collective @KaustResearch @KaustResearch @CBRC_KAUST
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Bonnie Ertel@ErtelBonnie22 Feb 2023
This is one small section of my sample & I’m not convinced my brain can count high enough to quantify these suspected microplastics 😳
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Slippery Dog
@kehr_dog21 Feb 2023
Scientists have found a new, ultra-effective way to remove microplastics from drinking water: ‘An unrivaled technology’ msn.com/en-us/news/technolog…
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AChem Research Group@AchemGroup21 Feb 2023
"Microplastics in snow of a high mountain national park: El Teide, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)" our latest article that has been published in @STOTEN_journal. Have a look at it: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK24 Feb 2023
REVEALED: @CommonSeas research showed a shocking 77% of people had microplastics in THEIR BLOOD! Now 100,000 people have called on the government to commit urgent funding for research into how this is impacting our health! We back their call @Jeremy_Hunt please take action!
Common Seas@CommonSeas23 Feb 2023
WHAT. A. DAY. This morning we delivered our #BloodTypePlastic petition to No. 10 Downing St. that calls for funding to research the health impact of plastic in our blood. #BloodTypePlastic
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Microplastic News@microplastics_7 Aug 2021
Face masks protect against aerosolized toxins from algal blooms, study finds: Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. Results from a new study found that wearing the face mask everyone has… sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Face masks protect against aerosolized toxins from algal blooms, study finds

Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. Results from a new study found that wearing the face mask everyone has become accustomed to...

sciencedaily.com
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Microplastic News@microplastics_6 Aug 2021
Researchers develop method to better predict when wildfire smoke affects residents: Researchers have developed a way to better predict if and when wildfire smoke might affect the ground-level air quality of nearby communities. sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Researchers develop method to better predict when wildfire smoke affects residents

Researchers have developed a way to better predict if and when wildfire smoke might affect the ground-level air quality of nearby communities.

sciencedaily.com
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