Microplastics

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A man overlooks Cañón del Río Blanco.

Microplastics Above Mexico: A High-Altitude Search for Pollution

by William McCarthy, Jacob Bartz, Thomas Copeland, Simon Birk, Dimitri Deheyn

Students collect saliva samples at 18,500 feet to uncover how microplastics in the atmosphere could harm health

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Giant fish made with plastic bottles are exhibited at Botafogo beach, in Rio de Janeiro June 19, 2012.

Bringing New Life to Plastics

by Caroline Kantis

A look at how plastics are being reduced, reused, and recycled

A female delegate wearing a long sleeved black dress a blue surgical mask looks at a 30-foot sculpture made out of plastic bottles resembling a faucet, outside the UN Environment Programme Headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya
Environment

The Emerging Health Crisis of Microplastic Debris

by Dick Vethaak, Concepción Martínez-Gómez

Microplastics are everywhere, including our bodies

A brown bird with a pale chest stands in a foam patch of polluted water in Santa Monica, California, on March 23, 2021.
Environment

Plastics Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by Matthew Savoca

Living in a world swimming in synthetic chemicals