By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight.
A dystopia? No—just unchecked reality.
Fingerprints In The Water asks: what if teens took a stand? Out June 8 World Ocean Day.
#WorldOceanDay #FingerprintsInTheWater #OceanFacts #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #ClimateCrisis #OceanConservation #ProtectOurOceans #BluePlanet #YouthForClimate

@Dragofix

https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1612

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366016421_Biodegradable_Cutleries_and_Tableware_as_Substitute_for_Plastic_An_Exploratory_Study_on_Green_Solutions

#Biodegradable
or #fossilfuels #microplastics #nanoplastics #Plastics #pollution

La Barceloneta, Sant Sebastià i Sant Miquel, les platges que més #microplàstics acumulen 📺 Recupereu l'entrevista de @beteve.cat als investigadors José M. Alsina, del Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima #UPC, i Anna Sánchez Vidal, de @cienciesterraub.bsky.social @ub.edu. 🔗 beteve.cat/basics/barce...

Scientists say microplastics are 'silently spreading from soil to salad to humans' https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250522125353.htm

#environment #soil #food #health #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

"Since then, microplastics have shot into our collective health consciousness—and knowing that we can absorb them has motivated some, myself included, to cut down on plastic use." —Elyse Hauser for Slate

https://slate.com/technology/2025/05/microplastics-test-blood-brain-spoon-bryan-johnson.html

#Microplastics #Science #Health #HumanBody

A gutful of crispy processed foods, pesticides and microplastics

In every eatery/cafe on the mid north coast of NSW one can observe the ritualistic consumption of the popular American sandwich, the BLT or any other dish with bacon. Customers devour the processed food and consistently leave the vegetable 'decoration' behind. A diet of ultra-processed foods, pesticides (banned elsewhere) and microplastics might contributing to the increase in early-onset bowel cancer.

Australia’s bowel cancer rates are world’s highest for under-50s.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/29/australia-bowel-cancer-rates-worst-in-world-under-50s

The dirty dozen: 12 pesticides that are banned elsewhere but still used in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2022/sep/27/12-pesticides-banned-elsewhere-but-still-used-legal-in-australia-what-is-paraquat-atrazine-fiprinol-pesticide-chemicals-food-crops-animals
#food #culture #menus #bacon #meat #pesticides #microplastics #diet #cancer #microbiome #gut #health #risks #pigs

Agricultural Soil Can Contain Microplastics at 23x Higher Concentrations Than What Oceans Hold, Study Says https://www.ecowatch.com/agricultural-soil-microplastics.html

#nature #environment #soil #agriculture #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

Microplastics found in Grand Teton National Park waters. Students' discovery raises concerns. #Microplastics #GrandTeton #Pollution

https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/microplastic-pollution-grand-teton-national-park/

Agricultural Soil Can Contain #Microplastics at 23x Higher Concentrations Than What Oceans Hold, Study Says

https://www.ecowatch.com/agricultural-soil-microplastics.html

Scientists have found that soil used for growing crops can contain up to 23 times more microplastics than the concentration found in oceans.

Plastic is cheap, light, durable.
It’s also poisoning the planet.
But what if I told you it’s also a weapon of geopolitics?
Plastic is shaping the future of oil, trade, and diplomacy.
🔗 Read the full breakdown here: https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/05/26/the-global-plastic-war-how-a-miracle-material-became-the-battleground-of-the-21st-century/
#PlasticWar #Geopolitics #Microplastics

"Fully protected marine areas in Brazil are contaminated by microplastics"

#Brazil #Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-fully-marine-areas-brazil-contaminated.html

22-May-2025
Fully protected marine areas in #Brazil are contaminated by #microplastics
Researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo used #oysters and #mussels as #sentinelOrganisms to assess the presence of these pollutants. The results show that even the most restrictive sites for human presence have significant contamination.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084986 #science #environment #MarineProtectedAreas #pollution

If your planning on eating today you'll almost certainly ingest a certain amount of plastic. It is almost unavoidable and we should all be much much angrier about this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixwTfrhUOUA

#plastic #microplastics

Fully protected marine areas in Brazil are contaminated by microplastics https://phys.org/news/2025-05-fully-marine-areas-brazil-contaminated.html

#Brazil #marine #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

@jackcole @thejapantimes The now ever-present #microplastics are interacting with our endochrine systems (hormones), and 99%+ of the people seem just indifferent and keep buying/using plastic like its still 1950...

The #PFAS and other "forever chemicals" are now raining down across the planet even if you want to avoid them.

And that's just a tiny percentile of problems we're now aware of and partially mitigating.

We're probably pumping out millions of man-made compounds at industrial scales by now without really knowing how they will affect living organisms over generations...