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Study: Microplastics found in 90 per cent of leading cosmetics products

Business Green

Consumer goods giants continue to face growing scrutiny over their reliance on plastics in their packaging, with fresh research published yesterday having found microplastics in products manufactured by almost 90 per cent of the top-selling cosmetics brands.

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Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought

Grist

At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics — fragments of the insidious material that can be as small as a bacterial cell. Until now, scientists lacked a quick and efficient way to identify nanoplastics, hindering research on their health and environmental impacts. I was blown away,” she told Grist.

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The Ocean Race reports on microfibres in European seas

Envirotec Magazine

The Baltic Sea had the highest levels of microplastics in Europe, double the amount in the Mediterranean?. • New research from the round-the-world yacht race The Ocean Race* has found microplastics, and in particular microfibres, to be prevalent across the length and breadth of the continent.

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Ocean Conservation: Microplastics in the Food Chain

Green Tech Challenge

In recent years, concern has risen about the effect plastic waste could have on human health. More specifically, microplastic. Mussels, tuna, sardines, sea bream, hake, you name it; all contain an amount of microplastics consumed while in the sea. How do Microplastics come about? All of these are secondary microplastics.

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Researchers add detail to understanding how micro- and nanoplastics move through the environment

Envirotec Magazine

Artist Maarten Vanden Eynde discusses microplastics and nanoplastics, and the challenge they present with ocean pollution, at a 2017 event, Biotalk (image credit: FotoMediamatic , CC BY-NC 2.0 The health effects of such environmental pollution is not well understood. More than 90% of tap water in the U.S.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems. Among the emerging U.S.

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Why the Oil and Chemical Lobby Is Taking Aim at New York’s Plastic Waste Bill

DeSmogBlog

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would dramatically cut the amount and toxicity of plastic garbage New Yorkers throw away by targeting the source. It would reduce plastic packaging in New York by half over the next 12 years, and it would prevent a slew of toxic chemicals from being used in those materials. “The