Hard-to-recycle PVC turned into sustainable lubricant
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New US-designed mesh mimics tangled seaweed to capture microplastics
A team of US scientists has developed a biodegradable mesh inspired by tangled seaweed that can capture microplastics…
Microplastics in blood bags may affect red blood cells
 Plastic blood storage bags could be shedding microplastics into stored blood, and those particles may worsen the…
Texas A&M study links polyethylene microplastics to fatty liver disease
Microplastics have become nearly impossible to avoid. They have been detected in oceans, drinking water and even the…
Cigarette smoke extract primes airway cells for greater nanoplastic damage
A laboratory model reveals how smoke-damaged epithelial barriers may leave airway cells more vulnerable to a second environmental…
Chemistry in Pictures: Echoes of microplastics
 These blood-red clumps are what polypropylene microplastics look like in the body of a live mouse, as…
Ocean microplastics carry ‘memory’ of their movement, study finds
Microplastics which float through the oceans have a “memory” of their previous movements which influences the way they…
GAO Examines Microplastics Sources, Health Concerns, and Policy Challenges
A new publication from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the growing presence of microplastics in the…
Plastisphere paradox: How microplastic garbage patches could hold the key to their own cleanup
The Plastisphere’s Double Edge: Microbial Hazards and Biodegradation Opportunities. GA, UNITED STATES, July 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Microplastics—plastic…
Microplastics hit the liver hard on a high-fat diet, mouse study finds
In mice, polyethylene microplastics caused much more liver damage when the animals were also on a high-fat diet,…
‘Everyone on Earth is exposed’: Scientists map microplastics deep inside living tissue
A new study from Kingston University in London highlights how microplastics can be detected in living tissue. Using…
Microplastics worsen liver damage under high-fat dietary conditions
Microplastics – minuscule pieces of plastic broken down from larger plastic waste – are a growing concern for human…