Many fish species, including those that are consumed by humans, are eating plastic
3 years, 10 months ago

Many fish species, including those that are consumed by humans, are eating plastic

Firstpost  

There is evidence that that microplastics and even smaller particles called nano plastics move from a fish’s stomach to its muscle tissue, which is the part humans typically eat. In a newly published study that we conducted with ecologist Elliott Hazen, we examined how marine fish – including species consumed by humans – are ingesting synthetic particles of all sizes. We did this by creating the largest existing database on plastic ingestion by marine fish, drawing on every scientific study of the problem published from 1972 to 2019. Just since an international assessment conducted for the United Nations in 2016, the number of marine fish species found with plastic has quadrupled.

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Can the World Unite to End the Plastic Pollution Crisis?
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Can the World Unite to End the Plastic Pollution Crisis?

Live Mint  

-- The final round of United Nations-brokered talks aimed at tackling plastic pollution are opening in South Korea with deep divisions over the need to stem the rising flood of the material, a rift that threatens to scupper a two-year long quest for a deal. A coalition of nearly 70 nations, including Rwanda, Norway and the UK, is pushing for …

Scientists discover plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up world’s oceans
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists discover plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up world’s oceans

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists in Germany have identified a type of fungi that is capable of breaking down …

Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says
9 months, 1 week ago

Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says

The Hindu  

At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environmental agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety. While the United Nations Environment Programme had previously identified around 13,000 plastic chemicals, the report by a team of European scientists found more …

Scientists discover proteins that can eat plastic
10 months ago

Scientists discover proteins that can eat plastic

The Independent  

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Fighting plastic menace
1 year, 1 month ago

Fighting plastic menace

The Hindu  

Plastic waste is affecting not just the biodiversity, ecosystem and natural resources but also the health of humans and other animals due to ingestion of micro plastics. A recent release of the UN Environment Program stated that every day, equivalent to 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastics are dumped into the oceans, rivers, lakes and other natural water reservoirs — …

The Planet Earth in a Plastic Soup
1 year, 6 months ago

The Planet Earth in a Plastic Soup

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry to honour the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel award in Chemistry to Marie Curie and also to commemorate the contributions of chemical sciences in the progress of human civilization. Unsurprisingly, the United Nations has declared ‘#Beat Plastic Pollution’ as the central theme of this year’s World Environment Day — …

Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate
1 year, 9 months ago

Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate

Wired  

If you throw a polyester sweatshirt in the washing machine, it doesn’t emerge as quite its former self. An international team of researchers calculates that between 82 and 358 trillion plastic particles—a collective 2.4 to 10.8 billion pounds—are floating across the world … and that’s only in the top foot of seawater. “We're talking about quintillions, probably, that's out there, …

How much plastic is too much for our planet?
1 year, 11 months ago

How much plastic is too much for our planet?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, January 11 at 19:30 GMT: Microplastics – tiny particles that result from the breakdown of plastics – are everywhere, from the air we breathe to the water we drink. And while the harms caused by microplastics are still being studied, researchers and environmental advocates say more action needs to be taken to rein in plastic pollution. Global plastic …

Antibiotics from plastics! Study reveals use of microplastics in water bodies
2 years, 6 months ago

Antibiotics from plastics! Study reveals use of microplastics in water bodies

Live Mint  

As the world struggles to combat pollution in various aspects-- soil, air, water, noise-- a recent study published in the journal, 'American Society for Microbiology' have found that plastic pollution may after all serve as the source for antibiotics in ocean. Scientists and experts who conducted the study have pointed out that at least 5-13 million tonnes of plastic waste …

Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades
2 years, 10 months ago

Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans, according to a review of hundreds of academic studies. The review by Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental campaign group WWF, examined almost 2,600 research papers on the …

Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades
2 years, 10 months ago

Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Plastic pollution at sea is …

Why‌ ‌is‌ ‌there‌ ‌so‌ ‌much‌ ‌plastic‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌ocean?‌ ‌ ‌
3 years, 1 month ago

Why‌ ‌is‌ ‌there‌ ‌so‌ ‌much‌ ‌plastic‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌ocean?‌ ‌ ‌

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Plastic has been found at the bottom of the world’s deepest ocean trench and lodged deep in Arctic sea …

Migratory animals are 'most vulnerable' to plastic pollution, microplastics finds UN Asia-Pacific regional report
3 years, 3 months ago

Migratory animals are 'most vulnerable' to plastic pollution, microplastics finds UN Asia-Pacific regional report

Firstpost  

Researchers cited estimates that 80 percent of the plastic that ends up in the oceans originates on land – with rivers thought to play a key role in carrying debris out to sea. From endangered freshwater dolphins drowned by discarded fishing nets to elephants scavenging through rubbish, migratory species are among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a UN report …

Young marine turtles are ingesting harmful levels of plastic
3 years, 4 months ago

Young marine turtles are ingesting harmful levels of plastic

Live Mint  

While plastic waste is a menacing presence on land, there are millions of tiny plastic particles currently floating in our oceans. Now, in a new study, published in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal, researchers show that small, juvenile marine turtles from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean are at more risk of ingesting plastic due to their feeding preferences. …

Sustainable Gastronomy Day: Of seafood and the plastic ocean
3 years, 6 months ago

Sustainable Gastronomy Day: Of seafood and the plastic ocean

Live Mint  

Nethili fry served with raw onions is a favourite bar snack through most of coastal south India and Sri Lanka. Nethili in Tamil, netholi in Malayalam, is among a few species of beautiful, small slender white fish called anchovies that are perfectly described by their Konkani name mothiyale—like pearls. While it is obvious that these nurdles could be transported far …

Love clams and oysters? They contain toxic microplastic
3 years, 11 months ago

Love clams and oysters? They contain toxic microplastic

Live Mint  

A study conducted by researchers from the Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull has claimed that among all seafood; mussels, oysters, and scallops hold the highest level of microplastic due to contamination of water bodies. Scientists are still trying to understand the health implications for humans consuming fish and shellfish contaminated with these tiny particles of waste …

Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040: Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040: Study

India Today  

The amount of plastic waste flowing into the ocean and killing marine life could triple in the next 20 years, unless companies and governments can drastically reduce plastic production, a new study published on Thursday said. If no action is taken, however, the amount of plastic going into the sea every year will rise from 11 million tonnes to 29 …

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