Health Jul 30 One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires By Boluwatife S. Olubusoye, James V. Cizdziel, University of Mississippi
Nation Apr 22 Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear. By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
Science Dec 24 How to make your home merry and bright in an environmentally friendly way Metallic tinsel, glittery ornaments, plastic holly that really stays green forever – they look good on your Christmas tree, holiday table, mantel or front door. They’re not such a good look for the planet. By Sarah Beckford
Science Nov 10 Microplastics may affect weather and climate by producing clouds, researchers find Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they would not form otherwise. By Miriam Freedman, Heidi Busse, The Conversation
Science Jul 06 Could bringing back 19th-century wool swimsuits help reduce microplastics? With concern mounting over microplastics and the search for sustainable options, the woollen swimsuits of the past could make a comeback. By Lorinda Cramer, The Conversation
Apr 03 1 in 3 Americans say they’ve reduced how much plastic they’re using By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Women, people in households making more than $50,000 annually, and college graduates were more likely to report a decrease in how often they used single-use plastics in the last five years, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:24 Why you may be eating and drinking more microplastics than you thought By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery, Andrew Chambers From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized. George Leonard, a co-author of one of the studies… Continue watching
Jan 13 Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution. Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably By Judith Weis, The Conversation Textiles shed microfibers while they are manufactured, worn and disposed of, but especially when they are washed. A single wash load can release several million microfibers. Continue reading
Jan 08 Scientists find about a quarter million invisible microplastic particles in a liter of bottled water By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 8:14 ‘Ghost gear’ piles up in the Gulf of Maine amid plastic onslaught on oceans By Miles O'Brien Abandoned fishing gear, often called "ghost gear," is breaking down in our oceans and adding to the problems brought by plastics and microplastics. But there was a recent effort to get the United Nations to enforce tougher regulations, and a… Continue watching