Tag: microplastics
Goodbye loose glitter and rubber grit from sports fields – the EU plans to ban the sale of products containing microplastics
Microplastic ends up in animals, and thus also in food. According to the EU, the new plans should prevent the release of around half a million tons of microplastics into…
Microplastics discovered even in human hearts
News Published on 08/11/2023 at 2:51 p.m. Updated 08/11/2023 at 2:51 p.m. Reading 2 mins. No less than 9 different types of plastic were found in heart tissue, taken from…
Microplastics, the hunt for health effects is intensifying
News Published on 06/27/2023 at 07:44 Updated 06/27/2023 at 07:44 Reading 3 mins. In the lungs, stools or blood, traces of microplastics in the human body are tracked to better…
Microplastics are messing up the digestive system of seabirds
News Published on 04/01/2023 at 2:53 p.m. Updated 04/01/2023 at 2:53 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Scientists have long known that seabirds ingest microplastics by mistaking them for food. And according…
Innovation: they invent a filter that removes 99.9% of microplastics from water… in 10 seconds
News Published on 01/26/2023 at 4:34 p.m. Updated 01/26/2023 at 4:34 p.m. Reading 2 mins. A Korean team has developed a new, highly efficient water filter capable of removing almost…
Samsung made two announcements focused on microplastics and SmartThings
microplastic problem is getting bigger and seems to be one of the biggest environmental disasters for the future. Samsung has taken a step in this regard. Due to the explosion…
Sports fields: synthetic turf made from microplastics soon to be banned
News Published on 09/05/2022 at 2:42 p.m. Updated 09/05/2022 at 2:42 p.m. Reading 1 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Medical validation: September 07, 2022…
A natural solution to the scourge of microplastics
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Covid: are masks the source of the microplastics present in our lungs?
News Published on 07/23/2022 at 4:03 p.m. Updated 07/23/2022 at 4:03 p.m. Reading 2 mins. While a British daily recently revealed that researchers have found, for the first time, microplastics…
7 out of 9 water bottles are polluted with microplastics
News Published on 07/22/2022 at 8:51 p.m. Updated 07/22/2022 at 8:51 p.m. Reading 2 mins. The association Agir pour l’environnement published a report on July 20 on the presence of…