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For example, regulatory bodies could require washing machines to include filters that catch microplastics coming from clothing. Or even better, clothing manufacturers could use less plastic, she says.
Humans are exposed to toxic chemicals and microplastics at all stages in the plastics life cycle. Microplastics effects on human health are of growing concern and an area of research. The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues.
The indoor concentration was found to be 1.0–60.0 fibers/m 3, whereas the outdoor concentration was much lower at 0.3–1.5 fibers/m 3. [71] The deposition rate indoors was 1586–11,130 fibers per day/m 3 which accumulates to around 190-670 fibers/mg of dust. [ 71 ]
A new study used 3D human skin-equivalent models to examine how flame retardant additives in microplastics are absorbed by the skin. The findings show that several flame-retardant additives passed ...
Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. Dr. Marya Zlatnik, a San Francisco-based obstetrician who has studied environmental toxins and pregnancy, has seen ...
Plastics accounts for 80% of waste dispersed in the marine and coastal environment of the Mediterranean Sea. [24] Recent studies focus on the types of plastics found and primarily on the issue of microplastics, both at a global but also at a regional level, as in the case of the Mediterranean Sea, which was identified as a "target hotspot of the world" due to its amounts of microplastics ...
The fashion industry, particularly manufacture and use of apparel and footwear, is a significant driver of greenhouse gas emissions and plastic pollution. [1] The rapid growth of fast fashion has led to around 80 billion items of clothing being consumed annually, with about 85% of clothes consumed in United States being sent to landfill.
He is a co-coordinator of The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty, [11] and in September 2024 led a further study - also published in Science [12] - which stated that after two decades of research into microplastics, the world had sufficient evidence to agree global action to tackle them.