World Environment Day 2023: How microplastics are affecting your child's health
1 year, 6 months ago

World Environment Day 2023: How microplastics are affecting your child's health

Hindustan Times  

Microplastics, the tiny fragments of plastics less than 5 millimetres in size, are becoming a threat to not just our environment and surroundings but also our health. Microplastics tend to invite a plethora of health problems in children. These chemicals are associated with various health problems such as reproductive and obesity, organ problems, and even developmental delays in children. "Microplastics tend to invite a plethora of health problems in children.

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Plastic production to hit 1.1 billion tons by 2050: Study raises alarm on health risks from microplastics
16 hours, 54 minutes ago

Plastic production to hit 1.1 billion tons by 2050: Study raises alarm on health risks from microplastics

Hindustan Times  

Tiny plastic particles may be lurking in the air we breathe, and experts are raising alarms about their potential health risks. Rising plastic pollution and its health risks After analysing 3,000 studies, researchers from UC San Francisco suspect that microplastics may negatively impact reproductive, digestive, and respiratory health, possibly linking them to colon and lung cancer. "Microplastics are essentially particulate …

Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?
5 days, 22 hours ago

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

NPR  

Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. "It seemed like nobody wanted to touch it," says Leslie, a microplastics researcher in the Netherlands whose team was the first to detect these particles in the human bloodstream several years ago. Sponsor Message Scientists can isolate microplastics, pull them out of human tissue and take pictures, but seeing where they are …

Worried about microplastics? You should fear lead way more for your health
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Worried about microplastics? You should fear lead way more for your health

Firstpost  

Lead exposure poses a more immediate and well-documented threat to human health compared to microplastics. Activities like mining, smelting, and the recycling of lead-acid batteries have significantly increased lead levels in the environment, especially near industrial sites. There is no identified safe blood lead level; even low exposures can cause significant health issues. They argue that if the UN is …

Microplastics found in human brains: Scientists urge global action
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Microplastics found in human brains: Scientists urge global action

New Indian Express  

The widespread use of plastics has led to severe environmental contamination, with microplastics now infiltrating vital human organs, including the brain. A growing body of evidence reveals that these tiny plastic particles—less than 5 millimeters in size—are accumulating in the air, water, food, and even within human tissues. In a recent study, soon to be peer-reviewed and published by the …

Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr. Marya Zlatnik, a San …

New research suggests that microplastics could be affecting male fertility
7 months ago

New research suggests that microplastics could be affecting male fertility

NPR  

New research suggests that microplastics could be affecting male fertility It's the latest corner of the human body where tiny bits of plastic have turned up — the testicles. Now, new research adds to concerns that they could be affecting male fertility. Shanna Swan, a reproductive epidemiologist at Mount Sinai in New York, says microplastics in the testicles may not …

What can microplastics do to the human body? | In Focus podcast
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What can microplastics do to the human body? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

It’s hard to imagine a world without plastic now – plastic exists in almost every sphere of our life. Microplastics, the tiny toxic particles that plastics shed and that are scattered across the environment have been found everywhere – from clouds, to the bottom of the ocean, in Antarctica and even in our bodies – we swallow them and we …

Microplastics may be new risk factor for cardiovascular disease, researchers say
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Microplastics may be new risk factor for cardiovascular disease, researchers say

LA Times  

Add one more likely culprit to the long list of known cardiovascular risk factors including red meat, butter, smoking and stress: microplastics. In a study released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, an international team of physicians and researchers showed that surgical patients who had a build-up of micro and nanoplastics in their arterial plaque had a 2.1 …

For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic
1 year, 4 months ago

For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic

Wired  

At the start of his third year of graduate school, Kazi Albab Hussain became a father. “At that time,” Hussain says, “I was purchasing many baby foods, and I was seeing that, even in baby foods, there are a lot of plastics.” Hussain wanted to know how much was being released from the kinds of containers he’d been buying. In …

Microplastics in humans: Nanoplastics can cross placenta into unborn babies, study reveals
1 year, 11 months ago

Microplastics in humans: Nanoplastics can cross placenta into unborn babies, study reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists warn it is impossible to stop children ingesting …

Microplastics found in human breast milk for first time. What expert suggested
2 years, 2 months ago

Microplastics found in human breast milk for first time. What expert suggested

Hindustan Times  

Scientists have discovered microplastics in human breast milk for the first time raising concern among researchers about the health ramifications for newborns. Breast milk samples were collected from 34 healthy mothers in Rome, Italy, a week after giving delivery, and 75 per cent of them had microplastics, The Guardian reported. Therefore, the study further said that microplastics' pervasive presence in …

Microplastics found in human breast milk. Here’s what mothers should avoid
2 years, 2 months ago

Microplastics found in human breast milk. Here’s what mothers should avoid

Live Mint  

Raising a grave concern, a group of researchers said they found microplastics in human breast milk. Plastics often contain harmful chemicals, such as phthalates, which have been found in breast milk before.” Mothers’ consumption of food and drink in plastic packaging and of seafood, as well as the use of plastic-containing personal hygiene products has no correlation with the presence …

Microplastic Pollution Has Reached Everywhere, Including Placentas of Unborn Babies
4 years ago

Microplastic Pollution Has Reached Everywhere, Including Placentas of Unborn Babies

News 18  

It’s 2020 and we can all agree – plastic pollution is worse now than it’s ever been. In new research which is considered great cause for concern, microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time. Further studies need to be performed to assess if the presence of microplastics may trigger immune responses or …

Babies Who Are Bottle-fed Ingest Millions of Microplastics Every Day, Finds New Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Babies Who Are Bottle-fed Ingest Millions of Microplastics Every Day, Finds New Study

News 18  

Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products. The authors of the research, published in the Nature Food journal, said that sterilisation and exposure to high water temperatures had the biggest effect on microplastic release, going from 0.6 million particles per litre …

Babies that are bottle-fed consume 1.6 million pieces of microplastic every day: study
4 years, 2 months ago

Babies that are bottle-fed consume 1.6 million pieces of microplastic every day: study

Firstpost  

Over a 21-day test period, the team found that the bottles released between 1.3 and 16.2 million plastic microparticles per litre. Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products. They estimated that the average bottle-fed baby could be ingesting 1.6 million plastic …

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