Plastics, plastic chemicals, and microplastics: multiple harms to health Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere. These tiny particles—formed by abrasion, fragmentation, and open burning of plastics—are found in the ocean, the Arctic, Himalayan glaciers, air, ...

#Plastics, plastic #chemicals, and #microplastics: multiple harms to #health

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Efficient Schweizer’s reagent-based protocol for microplastic extraction from fecal samples: Toward standardized human biomonitoring Reliable methods for the isolation of microplastics (MPs) from human feces are essential for advancing exposure and health risk assessment. However, t…

Efficient Schweizer’s reagent-based protocol for #microplastic extraction from fecal samples: Toward standardized human biomonitoring

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Not having much luck with my continuous blood 🩸 glucose monitors.

Now, I have to replace the replacement after just 1 hour!

Nike now having to “crawl” its way back after pace shaming walkers.

As a Walker myself, I take great offense to this!

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Nike now having to “crawl” its way back after pace shaming walkers.

As a Walker myself, I take great offense to this!

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Frontiers | Micro/nanoplastics pollution: emerging challenges for aquatic animals and food crops Recent reports from worldwide reveal that micro/nanoplastics (MNPs) are pervasive pollutants affecting all ecosystems and a wide range of organisms, includin...

Micro/nanoplastics pollution: emerging challenges for aquatic animals and food crops

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#Nanoplastics

Stratigraphic records of microplastic deposition in Puerto Rico coastal sediments: a focus on hurricane impacts - Anthropocene Coasts Microplastic in the coastal environment is a massive global problem that has only recently been identified, even though widespread plastic usage and subsequent disposal in the environment have occurre...

Stratigraphic records of #microplastic deposition in Puerto Rico coastal sediments: a focus on hurricane impacts

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Microplastic disparities between urban (Buru-un) and rural (Tubajon) seagrass beds of Northern Mindanao, Philippines - Journal of Soils and Sediments Journal of Soils and Sediments - This study aims to establish the first baseline assessment of microplastic (MP) contamination in Philippine seagrass bed sediments by comparing MP abundance,...

#Microplastic disparities between urban (Buru-un) and rural (Tubajon) seagrass beds of Northern Mindanao, Philippines

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Microplastic contamination in two commercially important fish species from a coastal river: dietary exposure to potential health implications Microplastic (MP) contamination is a persistent environmental hazard with potential transfer to humans through fish consumption. This study evaluated …

#Microplastic contamination in two commercially important fish species from a coastal river: dietary exposure to potential health implications

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Systems toxicology of naturally aged polypropylene microplastics in zebrafish Microplastic (MP) pollution represents an emerging threat to aquatic ecosystems; yet, most studies remain restricted to isolated biomarker comparisons…

Systems #toxicology of naturally aged #polypropylene #microplastics in #zebrafish

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of microplastics, mesoplastics and macrolitter in Cypriot shores: An integrated size assessment to discern transport pathways Microplastics and mesoplastics have become integral components of marine debris and the broader global plastic pollution crisis. Their increasing prev…

Spatiotemporal dynamics of #microplastics, #mesoplastics and #macrolitter in Cypriot shores: An integrated size assessment to discern transport pathways

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Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods In response to growing concerns about plastic pollution and the need for sustainable alternatives, this study investigates how Italian consumers perceive and engage with single-use plastic packaging i...

Consumer attitudes toward single-use food packaging: an Italian case study

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#plasticpollution

🚨 Nice, shiny new proof soon to be published in the Ocean Yearbook

Marine Plastic Pollution: What will happen to the Global Plastics Treaty?

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Federal Ghost Gear Fund to return, bringing hope to some organizations in the Maritimes | CBC News ​A federal fund for organizations that do marine and beach cleanups is returning, but with less money behind it than in past years.

Federal Ghost Gear Fund to return, bringing hope to some organizations in the Maritimes

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#ALDFG
#PlasticPollution
#Microplastics

Stratigraphic records of microplastic deposition in Puerto Rico coastal sediments: a focus on hurricane impacts - Anthropocene Coasts Microplastic in the coastal environment is a massive global problem that has only recently been identified, even though widespread plastic usage and subsequent disposal in the environment have occurre...

Stratigraphic records of #microplastic deposition in Puerto Rico coastal #sediments: a focus on #hurricane impacts

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Thrilled to receive these hard copies of our new book in the mail today. Please send me a DM with your email addy if you like an an ePub version.

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment

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#Nanoplastics
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Marine clean-up dives remove more than just marine litter

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#PlasticPollution
#Cryptofauna
#CleanUps

I've been a Canadian 🇨🇦 citizen for 16 years!

Canadian citizenship ceremony April 10 2010.

Connection, confluence and convergence: a protocol for reviewing policies on antimicrobial resistance and plastic pollution

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#AMR
#plasticpollution

Doug started his career filming wildlife in the Antarctic on Signy Island. I was stationed there about a decade later, but his work was already world famous by that point. Here’s one of his photos of a Weddell seal mother and pup.

Pioneering wildlife cameraman Doug Allan dies in Nepal The cameraman and photographer won eight Emmy Awards for his work on acclaimed series like Blue Planet alongside Sir David Attenborough.

Pioneering wildlife cameraman Doug Allan dies in Nepal
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Environmental Pollutant–Induced Cardiopathogenesis Through Immune Dysfunction: The Emerging Role of Micro- and Nanoplastics Exposure to environmental pollutants and toxicants is increasingly recognized as a major determinant of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Beyond direct toxic effects, these agents profoundly alter immune ...

Environmental Pollutant–Induced Cardiopathogenesis Through Immune Dysfunction: The Emerging Role of Micro- and #Nanoplastics - Canadian Journal of Cardiology onlinecjc.ca/article/S082...

Smoking microplastics: Global Evidence of Microplastic Contamination in Cigarette Tobacco

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#Contamination
#Cigarettes
#Tobacco

Methodology and geo-referenced mapping of agricultural plastic waste in Finland and Norway The growing use of plastics in agriculture has improved farming systems but created new waste management challenges. While research in Southern Europe…

Methodology and geo-referenced mapping of #agricultural #plastic waste in Finland 🇫🇮 and Norway 🇳🇴

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Tracing Marine Macro- and #Microplastic #Pollution from #Ships: A Material Flow Analysis for the Northern Aegean Basin

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New findings on the performance of anaerobic reactors: Ecotoxicological assessment of sublethal effects of antibiotic mixtures in wastewater on freshwater invertebrates The widespread occurrence of antibiotic mixtures in aquatic environments due to domestic and hospital effluents poses a significant ecotoxicological t…

New findings on the performance of anaerobic reactors: #Ecotoxicological assessment of sublethal effects of #antibiotic mixtures in #wastewater on #freshwater #invertebrates

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Microplastics in Aquatic Environments

#Microplastics in #Aquatic #Environments

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Combined pollution of microplastics and antibiotics in agricultural ecosystems: occurrence, mechanisms, and risks Antibiotics and microplastics are two classes of emerging contaminants of significant concern in agricultural ecosystems. This review examines their i…

Combined #pollution of #microplastics and #antibiotics in #agricultural ecosystems: occurrence, mechanisms, and #risks

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Quantification of microplastics in soil and sediments using dry ice assisted fractionation with an Agilent 8700 laser direct infrared chemical imaging system This study reports a novel protocol for the extraction and quantification of 14 different polymers in soil and sediments. The method used in this work follows the conventional drying, density separati...

Quantification of #microplastics in #soil and #sediments using dry ice assisted fractionation with an Agilent 8700 laser direct infrared chemical imaging system

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