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Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate

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Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate

Clouds are pictured over the residential buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into…

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New Research Uncovers Alarming Truth

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New Research Uncovers Alarming Truth

Microplastics can pass from pregnant mothers to their unborn offspring. Microplastics can be passed from pregnant mothers to their unborn offspring, new research has revealed. Tiny plastic pieces are actually living in the lungs, hearts, livers, kidneys, and brains of newborn mice exposed through inhalation of polyamide-12, or PA-12, researchers from Rutgers University reveal in…

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Microplastics finally found in human brains, but that’s not the full picture

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Microplastics finally found in human brains, but that’s not the full picture

Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health. A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be independently verified by other…

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Microplastics finally found in human brains, but that’s not the full picture

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Microplastics finally found in human brains, but that’s not the full picture

Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health. A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be independently verified by other…

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New research finds abundant microplastics in personal care products available in India

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New research finds abundant microplastics in personal care products available in India

Personal care products (PCP) like face washes and shower gels in India contain a significant amount of harmful microplastics, new research has revealed. According to a study published in the Emerging Contaminants journal and led by Riya K. Alex, a third-year Ph.D Scholar at the Cochin University of Science and Technology, polyethylene (or polythene, PE)…

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Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds

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Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds

Marine scientist Anna Sanchez Vidal shows microplastics collected from the sea with a microscope at Barcelona’s University, during a research project “Surfing for Science” to assess contamination by microplastics on the coastline, in Barcelona, Spain, July 5, 2022. (Image for Representation) | Photo Credit: Reuters Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present in clouds,…

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