Tag: microplastics
Flood of Plastic in Arctic
Right from water to the seafloor, remote beaches to rivers and even in ice and snow, high concentrations of plastic can be...
Micro Plastics Stay in Rivers For Long Periods
In contrast to earlier assumption that micro plastics never stay in rivers as the water is in continuous flow, a group of researchers now...
Poles Carry NanoPlastics; study
For the first time, nano plastics have been found in both the polar regions, which indicates that the tiny particles have now spread in...
Plastic in Agri Land; Urgent Intervention Need of the Hour
The world is much aware of plastic pollution of the water bodies, beaches and oceans. But a new report from the Food and Agriculture...
Plastic Worries Haunt Water Bodies In Covid Times
COVID-19 pandemic generated more than eight million tonnes of plastic globally, with over 25.000 entering the oceans. Of all the Plastic wastes, hospital waste...
Plastic Leakage Into Water Bodies to Double by 2030
A growing plastic pollution leakage into aquatic ecosystems in recent years is projected to double by 2030, with dire consequences for human health, global...
Babies consume 1.6 million microplatics a day
We all know that microplastics are everywhere. They are found in the water we drink, the fish we eat and the food we eat....
