"‘Plastic People’ documentary exposes the human health threats from plastic "

"‘Plastic People’ documentary exposes the human health threats from plastic "
"Microplastics don’t just shed off of plastic items from overuse, like when a water bottle breaks down over weeks or months of being washed and refilled. They also leach into our food and drinks with even the brief use of a product with plastic components, alarming scientists."
From burger wrappers to masks, bird nests tell story of throwaway culture https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/from-burger-wrappers-masks-bird-nests-story-throwaway-culture #Animalbehaviour #Environment #Netherlands #Pollution #Worldnews #Plastics #Wildlife #Animals #Biology #Science #Europe #Birds #Waste
Plant-Based Leather Alternative Contains Zero #Plastics https://www.ecowatch.com/plant-based-leather-alternative.html #Science
"UK’s plastic bag levy leaving loopholes for online retailers, MPs warned"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Plastic #Plastics
https://www.edie.net/uks-plastic-bag-levy-leaving-loopholes-for-online-retailers-mps-warned/
"Bangladesh continues promotion of biodegradable bags amid battle against polythene"
In the nests of birds up high,
Lies a tale of waste in the sky,
Burger wrappers and masks,
In a landfill's dark tasks,
Mother Nature mourns with a sigh.
#GuardianLimerick #Plastics #Birds #Waste #Wildlife #Pollution #Environment #Animals #Netherlands #Europe #Biology #Science
#pollution #plastics #food #water
How #microplastics could lead to millions of people starving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5TI7SvCNM
"The review synthesizes the extensive scientific evidence showing that #FossilFuels and the fossil fuel industry are fueling not only the #climate crisis but also public health harms, environmental injustice, #biodiversity loss, and the #plastics and agrochemical pollution crises."
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-fossil-fuels-climate-health-biodiversity.html
#Polycrisis
I LOVE adding a 4th dimension to the #plastics that @polarbirgit collected for our #CitizenScience study on #Arctic beaches:
-Usage & disposal
-Citizen science
-Analyses by professional science Metamorphosis into art by Jia-Jen Lin for Künstlerhaus Bethanien in #Berlin
! @awi
"First and foremost, the campaigners are calling for a reduction in the production of plastic.
“The single-use #plastics that we are being inundated with in our life everywhere, when we have other options, are basically Big Oil’s way of continuing to push for the expansion of the fossil fuel industry,” says Dr Singh."
Reminder: Plastics "Recycling" is a MYTH.
St. Kitts and #Nevis is taking decisive action to combat plastic #pollution through a phased ban on single-use #plastics. https://www.winnmediaskn.com/skn-phased-ban-of-single-use-plastics-a-collaborative-approach-to-environmental-stewardship/
One smells of petrol, the other smells of the ocean.
#textures #scannedtextures #artassets #plastics #foodstuffs
"Microplastics in sea turtle nests could cause a dangerous gender imbalance"
"Chewing gum, whether natural or synthetic, contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers to enhance texture and flavor retention, making it a source of microplastics, explained the pilot study, which was presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. And those microplastics can be ingested through saliva—with 94% released within the first eight minutes of chewing, they found."
https://fortune.com/well/2025/03/27/chewing-gum-microplastics-study/
"Over a billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways: Study"
#Coke #Plastic #Plastics #Environment
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-billion-pounds-coke-plastic-waterways.html
New plastic dissolves in ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics https://newatlas.com/materials/plastic-dissolves-ocean-overnight-no-microplastics