Following years of campaigning by environmental activists, Thailand has banned foreign imports of plastic waste due to concerns about toxic pollution. Experts warn that the failure to reach an agreement on a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste will have adverse impacts on human health, reported The Guardian. “The ban on imports will help stimulate […]
Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo and Coca-Cola on October 30, arguing that the companies misled the public on product recyclability and the impact of plastic pollution on the environment. According to the lawsuit, as documented by Reuters, the county is filing a suit for public nuisance and violations of unfair competition law […]
A new study has revealed that nanoplastics present in the human body can interact with pharmaceutical drugs, including antibiotics, making them less effective and even increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance. Researchers looked at how the common antibiotic tetracycline, often used for respiratory tract, skin or intestinal bacterial infections, interacted with four types of nanoplastics […]
For whales that dive deeper into the oceans for food, they face a growing threat: plastic pollution. That’s because the sounds that plastics make can be very similar to the sounds that prey make, leading to confusion for whales that rely on echolocation to source food. According to a new study, published in the journal […]
A new study is warning that trace metals like lead, arsenic and mercury that are present in ocean water can become more toxic over time as factors like ocean warming and acidity can increase the bioavailability of these trace elements. Although these elements can naturally occur in coastal areas, their concentrations have increased due to […]
According to government data, the recycling rate of waste from households in England was 43.4 percent in 2022 — the most recent information available. The rate was down from the previous year, when 44.1 percent of households recycled their waste. England is the only United Kingdom nation whose recycling rate did not show improvement in […]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against oil major ExxonMobil for its alleged engagement in “a decades-long campaign of deception,” which led to and exacerbated the worldwide plastics pollution crisis, a press release from the California Department of Justice said. The complaint, filed in San Francisco County […]
A majority of voters in America — including more than half of Republicans — support holding the plastics and fossil fuel industries accountable for allegedly deceiving the public about the feasibility of recycling, according to a new poll by Data for Progress and the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI). Over the past decade, dozens of […]
It’s well-known that microplastics are pervasive, with scientists finding microplastics in testicular tissue, lungs and even blood. But now, researchers have discovered microplastic pieces in samples of the human brain at higher levels than expected. In a new pre-printed study published early by the National Library of Medicine, scientists analyzed plastic content in the livers, […]
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