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The hidden plastics in your kitchen and food

Many common kitchen items contain hidden plastics or plastic-like materials, from coatings to linings to microplastic ...
AZOM

What Are the Different Types of Plastics?

Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials made from polymers, which are long chains of molecules typically derived from petroleum, natural gas, or other organic sources. Plastics are ...
The Earth Times

Microplastics Everywhere: How Tiny Plastics Are Getting Into Our Water, Food, Wildlife, and Bodies

Microplastics are turning up in oceans, soil, drinking water, and human tissue. Learn where they come from, why they matter, ...
Food & Wine

What Are Microplastics — and How Do They Get Into the Food We Eat?

Findings show that shellfish, beer, salt, and even produce carry some of the highest concentrations of microplastics in the human diet. But there are ways to mitigate exposure. Microplastics — plastic ...
Chronicle

Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s What Duke Research Is Doing About Health Concerns

Here’s a few things to consider the next time you think about throwing a plastic item in the trash, the ocean or anywhere other than a recycling bin. A recent survey suggests that every hour people ...
NPR

Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ. The ...
New York Magazine

There’s a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Our Brains. Now What?

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 2019, a toxicologist named Matthew Campen drove into the wilderness of ...
Psychology Today

Plastics in the Brain: What Science Is Revealing

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...
The New York Times

Plastic Is Everywhere. Now What?

We independently review everything we recommend. We may get paid to link out to retailer sites, and when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Katie Okamoto Katie Okamoto ...
KSAT

What happens when paper or plastic products are thrown away?

SAN ANTONIO – Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned the use of paper straws. Whether you use paper or plastic products — what happens to them when you throw ...
OPB

Our bodies are full of microplastics, but what are they doing to us? Scientists are searching for answers

Scientists are working hard to understand the impact of microplastic pollution in the environment and in human bodies. The research requires identifying and analyzing types of microplastics particles, ...