(Prepare For Change) Scientists are still unsure about the health risks that microplastic ingestion poses to human health. But that’s starting to change thanks to recent studies.
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California Wildfires and EMF Radiation Pollution: Some Research Suggests a Connection
(B.N. Frank) As wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast, fingers are being pointed at climate change, poor forest management, and downed power lines. There is research that also suggests increasing levels of EMF Radiation Pollution (aka “Electrosmog”) from utility “Smart” Meters and other sources are drying out trees and other plants which makes them more fire prone. As if “Smart” Meter fires and explosions weren’t problematic enough.
Plastic-Eating Super Enzyme Could Help Solve The Plastic Waste Crisis
(Jordan Davidson) Scientists are on the brink of scaling up an enzyme that devours plastic. In the latest breakthrough, the enzyme degraded plastic bottles six times faster than previous research achieved, as The Guardian reported.
With 194 Billion Masks and Gloves Used Monthly, New Wave of Pollution Hits Oceans and Beaches
(Elias Marat) When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world earlier this year, plunging much of the world into lockdown conditions, it seemed that nature was finally being given a major breather – so much so that breathless stories spread across the world about animals taking back their environs, along with memes and social media posts about how “the earth is healing.”
BIOPLASTIC SOLUTION: New Plant-Based Bottles Can Degrade in a Year, Backed by Major Beverage Companies
(Andy Corbley) Have you ever gone to a public event and seen the trash cans filled to burst with plastic bottles and experienced a little anxiety over the knowledge that a large amount of it will end up in landfills?
Chemtrailing the Seas: Ship Emissions in the Southeast Atlantic Create More Reflective Clouds That Produce a Local Cooling Effect
(Strange Sounds) As ships cruise across the ocean, they emit a large number of small airborne particles —aerosols — into the lower atmosphere.
Over 90 Percent of Salt Brands Contain MICROPLASTICS, Scientists Find
(Ralph Flores) Bad news, salt lovers — a recent study says that over 90 percent of salts sold across the world contain microplastics. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, looked at 39 salt brands from 21 countries, including the U.S. and China.
Newly-Developed Enzyme That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles in Hours is On Track to Change the Recycling Game
(Andy Corbley) Utilizing an enzyme found within composted leaves, scientists are now breaking down plastic all the way into a recyclable form in a matter of hours. Carbios, the French company responsible for the breakthrough, is already collaborating with Pepsi and L’Oréal to unleash industrial market-scale production of the new substance within five years.
Students Build Vacuum That Sucks Up Microplastics From Sand on the Beach
(Elias Marat) With the world’s oceans awash in plastic, beaches and islands across the globe are waging an uphill battle in the struggle to manage the plastic debris washing ashore—especially the millions of tiny microplastics that are nearly impossible to sift from the sand.
Did You Know That “Dirty Electricity” Causes Electrical Pollution That’s Linked to Health Problems?
(Edsel Cook) Wireless technology is not the only source of electromagnetic field pollution in the modern home. The electrical wires running through the typical house can generate “dirty electricity” that is harmful to a person’s well-being.
People Ingest About 2,000 Microplastics in Table Salt Each Year
(Joe McCarthy and Erica Sanchez) Microplastics pervade the planet.