Microplastics

68,000 microplastics enter our body everyday – French Study

A new study from France, published in Plos One, has revealed that humans may inhale up to 68,000 microscopic plastic…

10 months ago

Green Turtles Confusing Plastic for Food Says Research

The green turtles which are poster animals for the azure oceans and clean pristine waters have been found to be…

7 years ago

Microplastics Found in Ice Samples From Arctic’s Northwest Passage

First in the fishes, then in the human gut and now in the untouched ice of the arctic region --…

7 years ago

Microplastics Found in Molluscs From India’s Southeast Coast

For the first time, Indian scientists have found microplastics and colorants inside the commercially important Asian green mussel Perna viridis…

7 years ago

WSDS 2019: The Plenary for Cleaner Oceans

The WSDS plenary on 'Moving Towards Cleaner Oceans' saw Mr M Rajeevan, secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences talk about Oceans…

7 years ago