The entire planet is teeming with microplastics. But humanity still knows very little about the risks it poses to living beings. Therefore, scientists decided to explore global questions that have so far remained unanswered. The BBC writes about it. Postgraduate researcher from the London…

Many microplastics have been found in children's feces, Wired reports, based on a recent study. Whenever a plastic bag or bottle decomposes, it disintegrates into smaller and smaller pieces that make their way into the nooks and crannies of the environment. When you wash ...

What do you have for dinner tonight? Lego sushi, credit card burgers, or a well-done piece of PVC pipe? These examples may seem exaggerated, but they help to represent the cumulative number of microscopic pieces of plastic that we consume every day, writes Reuters. According to research ...

Philip Amstislavsky, a professor at the University of Alaska and a keen ecologist, enjoys spending time in the woods and fishing. Philip dreams of ridding mankind of harmful waste, he invented an organic material with the properties of foam and hopes to introduce it into mass production. My history…

When drinking tea, there is nothing worse than a hot mixture of PVC (polyvinylchloride). Scientists have made a discovery about tea bags that will make Earl Gray lovers think. Tea bags release billions of tiny plastic particles into each cup. A study by a group of Canadian scientists and ...