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Mircroplastics Cause Human Cell Death
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Your suspicions and concerns about possible harm to humans caused by microplastics may just have been proven correct.
A recent paper entitled, "A rapid review and meta-regression analyses of the toxicological impacts of microplastic exposure in human cells" looked at 17 previous studies on the toxicological impacts of microplastics on human cell lines.
The 8 R's of the Environment + 3 More
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Growing up you likely learnt the 3 R's of the environment. Reduce, reuse and recycle were great starting points, but that lists has grown to 8 R's (feel free to add more in the comments)
Wishcycling and the Problem With Plastic Recycling
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What is wishcycling?
“Wishcycling" the act of putting something in your recycling bin in the hope that someone, somewhere will figure out what to do with it along the way.