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04/21/2022
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By News Editors
Microplastics pick up pollution, making them even more toxic to humans
Microplastics can pick up pollution in their travels and pose an even greater threat to human health, according to a new study. (Article by Krystal Vasquez republished from EHN.org) In the ocean, for example, toxic compounds can hitch a ride on plastic and make the material 10 times more toxic than it would normally be, according to […]
03/04/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
COVID also caused pandemic of plastic waste such as FACE MASKS, Aussie environmental group says
An environmental group in Australia claimed that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic also caused a pandemic of plastic waste, foremost among them the surgical face masks. Sydney-based organization Clean Up Australia (CUA) put forward this claim in time for the launch of its citizen science project on March 6. The endeavor aims to measure the […]
01/04/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Swimming in feces: Beaches in LA and Orange counties closed due to huge sewage spill
Several beaches in the Los Angeles and Orange counties in California were closed due to sewage spills off the Dominguez Channel. County officials said the spillage of about two to four million gallons of untreated waste into the channel was caused by the failure of a main sewer line in the city of Carson. According to the L.A. […]
11/24/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Study: Lego plastic toys can last 1,300 YEARS in the ocean before breaking down
A new study found that Lego bricks, which are popular toys for children, could survive a staggering 1,300 years in the ocean before wasting away. Researchers from the University of Plymouth studied Lego bricks that washed up on the coastlines of southwest England. After confirming the ages of the weathered pieces, they compared the bricks’ […]
11/16/2021
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By Cassie B.
UN experts review Fukushima water release plans as farmers’ concerns grows over radioactive crops
A team of six experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency is meeting with Japanese officials to discuss the technical details of the planned release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Many farmers in the area have been expressing concerns that the release will have a negative impact on prices just as […]
11/12/2021
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By Mary Villareal
COVID-related plastics pollute the world’s oceans, study reveals
A recent study published in the journal PNAS calculated for the first time how much waste in the form of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) ended up in the oceans since the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began in 2020. “The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics that intensifies pressure on an already out-of-control […]
10/28/2021
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By Cassie B.
Thousands of dead sea creatures washing up on UK beaches in “waist-deep” piles
Thousands of dead sea creatures have been washing up on British beaches and collecting in waist-high piles in a phenomenon that has scientists scrambling to find answers. At several beaches in Teesside, piles of dead crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters can be found lying across the shore. Other sea creatures, such as fish and […]
08/03/2021
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By Divina Ramirez
Nearly 1.6 billion disposable face masks flooded oceans in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened marine plastic pollution. According to a report released early this year, 1.56 billion disposable face masks ended up in the world’s oceans in 2020, amounting to between 4,680 and 6,240 tonnes of plastic pollution. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Teale Bondaroff, lead author of the report and […]
08/02/2021
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By JD Heyes
Record growth of coral cover on Great Barrier Reef provides latest proof that ‘human-caused climate change’ is a hoax
For five decades the Western left has been attempting to convince everyone that modern life is killing the planet and that in order to save it (and ourselves) we must give in to authoritarian, tyrannical control over all aspects of our lives. In the late 1960s, Americans and Westerners were told that “overpopulation” was going […]
07/23/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Drowning in plastic: Hermit crabs are turning plastic waste into homes that are killing them
More than half a million hermit crabs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are dying because they mistake plastic waste for a home, according to a study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. Australian and British researchers found that around 508,000 hermit crabs have died taking shelter inside plastic waste on Cocos (Keeling) Island, an Australian […]
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