The Microplastic Research Group’s response to The Guardian feature Recent media coverage, in particular The Guardian’s article “A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body”, has suggested that parts of microplastics...
Fashion’s green strategy is making microplastics pollution worse – study Nike clothing the most polluting of 5 brands tested Is Shein faking its green claims? Lab results raise fresh questions Polyester has radically changed fashion, enabling brands to flood the...
Capping production of new plastics will help cut their release to the environment — and brings other benefits, from boosting the value of plastics to helping tackle climate change. Summary: An international group of experts says the production of new plastics should...
Microplastics – tiny pieces of plastic less than 5mm in diameter – have been found in human blood for the first time. Scientists in the Netherlands took blood samples from 22 healthy adult donors and analyzed them for particles as small as 700 nm. The researchers...
U.N. member states meeting in Nairobi, Kenya as part of the UNEA 5.2 agreed to the first global agreement to tackle plastic pollution. The historical treaty will be developed within two years. It will seek to prevent and reduce plastic pollution in the environment and...
