The textile industry is working toward developing materials that produce a reduced amount of fiber waste, anti-pollution criteria and other measures to stop fabric-connected micro-plastics in ...

State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China ...

A study found 19 types of microplastics in the placentas and fetuses of pregnant cats, suggesting potential risks of plastic ...

Ignore the naysayers: the best Micro Four Thirds cameras are incredibly powerful, unbeatably portable imaging machines – both as an "everyday carry" and as a professional tool. You will hear a lot of ...

Are you keeping a mental list of all the sources of microplastics finding their way into your daily life? You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found ...

Why researchers want to study plastics in farm fields Micro-particles of plastic that come from items like clothes, medications and beauty products sometimes appear in fertilizer made from the ...

Microplastics appear to be present in filtered solutions used for medical intravenous infusions, with about 7,500 particles/L found in infusion solutions from polypropylene (PP) bottles filtered to ...

In light of their findings and the findings of earlier studies, the researchers call for limits on the general use of plastics and for the development of alternative materials. They also call for ...

That's why they are pioneering a whole new approach—"micro-retirement." Unlike previous generations who often stayed with one employer for decades, they are taking a more dynamic, customized path.