Microplastics articles
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Tackling Microplastic Pollution from Household Laundry
Microplastics are pervasive environmental pollutants found in the icy landscapes of Antarctica to the food on our plates.
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Tackling microplastics in Antarctica using nuclear tech
The International Atomic Energy Agency's NUTEC Plastics initiative uses nuclear and isotopic techniques to produce data on marine microplastics distribution and fight plastic pollution - it is one of the areas covered by Chile's new cooperation agreements with the agency.
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The 'godfather of microplastics' talks about the challenges of halting plastic pollution
Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets, and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mostly plastic. As a marine biology PhD student at Liverpool University, I kept removing it, but the next day, there’d be more. [Photo: University of Plymouth] I’m now a leading international expert on microplastics, a term I coined on May 7, 2004, to describe fragments of plastic measuring as small as a millionth of a meter. As I work to help reduce the grip of...