Algal blooms accelerate plastic weathering, potentially fueling microplastic formation https://phys.org/news/2026-07-algal-blooms-plastic-weathering-potentially.html
#environment #algae #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
Helen Pugh
@helenpugh@mastodon.online
latest book: Women in #Somerset through the ages. These women broke gender norms, showed kindness and courage etc. From pre-Roman times to the present day. other books: #SouthAmerican history and legends where #women aren't excluded! Ebooks & paperbacks for kids + adults in English & español. She/her #feminism #womenshistory #SouthAmerica #author #histodon #kidslit #history #herstory #books #writer #writing #writingcommunity #fedi22 #localHistory #southWestEngland
mastodon.online
My other blog post for the Scarab Trust: https://www.scarabtrust.org.uk/post/is-microwave-safe-plastic-really-safe
#environment #microplastics #breakfreefromplastic #microwave #readymeals #health
Sea salt in Lombok Island, Indonesia is contaminated with microplastics: study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/sea-salt-in-lombok-island-indonesia-is-contaminated-with-microplastics-study/
#Indonesia #Lombok #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
Microplastic tire pollution found in Brisbane balcony dust https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastic-pollution-brisbane-balcony.html
#Brisbane #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #tires
Tiny plastics in drinking water may be making dangerous bacteria stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225532.htm
#environment #water #DrinkingWater #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #bacteria
From rivers to mangroves, microplastics are contaminating the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/from-rivers-to-mangroves-microplastics-are-contaminating-the-amazon/
#Amazon #environment #waters #rivers #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastics-meters-ocean-surface.html
#ocean #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
DoomsdaysCW
@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
Fmr Journalist📰 and occasional Librarian 📚, #IndigenousAlly living on #Wabanaki land🌄. #NonBinary 
#Queer 
#ActuallyAutistic♾️ Pronouns: They, them, per, person, human. #Environmentalist🌳 #DemocraticSocialist🌹 Student of #AncientHistory 📜 #NoNukes☢️ Anti#Oligarchy🎩 #NoWar☮️ #GetMoneyOut💰#HumanRights🕵️♂️ #FreePalestine🇵🇸 #BLM✊🏿 #IndigenousRights 🌿 #WaterIsLife💧Anti-#Corruption🔍 #ClimateCrisis🌍 #RightToRepair 🪛 #SolarPunkSunday 🌞
kolektiva.social
#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue
Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026
Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."
Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771
#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature
sjar@itsmesjarlie
@sjar@mastodon.online
Nieuwsgierig, leergierig, zeer veel moeite met onrecht, gek op goede muziek o.a Pearl Jam (mijn rode draadje), Bowie en het luisteren naar podcasts tijdens een wandeling. Kijkt graag naar scandinavische film's en series. Oja, deze wereld maakt me rusteloos. Berichten worden na één week automatisch verwijderd. https://protectukraine.nl/ https://www.stichtingngng.nl/
mastodon.online
Kauw jij weleens op autobanden, plastic zakken of industriële lijm? Grote kans van wel. De stoffen waar deze producten van gemaakt zijn, zitten namelijk ook verwerkt in veel soorten kauwgom. Hierdoor krijg je binnen een uurtje kauwen al honderdduizenden #microplastics binnen.
#health
https://radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/zoveel-microplastics-krijg-jij-binnen-door-kauwgom-te-kauwen-62820
Despite some early promises, the EPA isn't including microplastics in its new drinking water testing rules. #microplastics
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-06-30/after-bold-pledge-epa-shelves-microplastics-testing-in-u-s-drinking-water
Bich Nguyen
@bich@apobangpo.space
Migrated from @bicmay@med-mastodon.com | She/her | FM physician interested in helping patients get all the health care they need and none they don't | Boosts ≠ endorsements | Opinions are mine, not of any organization I'm affiliated with Posts autodelete after 2 weeks Header: Sunlight pouring through clouds above landscape of mountains and volcanic crater Profile: Man with black hair wearing black top, left dangling earring, and bracelets looking at camera.
apobangpo.space
"Four years into the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s review of Zyn nicotine pouches, and not long before the agency approved them for sale, an FDA toxicologist ran some informal tests in her kitchen that led her to question whether the agency truly understood the addictive product it was about to green-light."
https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/zyn-nicotine-pouches-fda-approval-microplastic-risk/
#PublicHealth #tobacco #nicotine #FDA #plastics #microplastics #investigation #longread
Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/microplastic-pollution-can-fuel-rise-in-antibiotic-resistance-studies-find/
#environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #antibiotics #AntibioticResistance
C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space
I'm an oldish software developer, a cis het man, married to Mrs Wife since for ever. I'm autistic but high-masking. @nddev is where I mostly write about that. I nearly always accept follow requests. If I follow you, you don't have to follow back unless you want to. I've chosen a server that blocks Threads because I don't trust Meta's intentions. No alt text, no boost. Avatar is a photo of a Jersey bay, with a boat setting out to sea. I'm horrified by the rise of the hard Right around the world.
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@seedsignal@mastodon.social
@seedsignal@mastodon.social
That's true, but an increasing number of manufacturers now make biodegradable #teabags, free of #microplastics, and those are what we buy. Even cheapo supermarket teabags are often biodegradable these days. I like them because I can chuck them into the #compost bin and avoid landfill.
The easiest way to reduce exposure to microplastics (launching off at a complete tangent here) is to avoid tumble-drying synthetic clothes.
@celesteh@hachyderm.io @badambassador@social.vivaldi.net @fesshole@mastodon.social
What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract https://phys.org/news/2026-06-microplastics-swallowed-earthworms-digestive-tract.html
#environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #health
Your kitchen sponge is releasing microplastics every time you wash dishes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260601025356.htm
#environment #kitchen #sponge #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
The impact of microplastics on ocean carbon uptake https://phys.org/news/2026-05-impact-microplastics-ocean-carbon-uptake.html
#ocean#environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
Food and drink plastics dominate marine litter across 112 nations, research reveals https://phys.org/news/2026-05-food-plastics-dominate-marine-litter.html
#marine #environment #food #drink #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution
Microplastics have been found to interact with the gut microbiome. Here's what health effects they might have https://phys.org/news/2026-04-microplastics-interact-gut-microbiome-health.html
#environment #plastic #microplastics #health #gut #GutHealth #microbiome
Mapping microplastic movement in rivers and streams across Pennsylvania https://phys.org/news/2026-04-microplastic-movement-rivers-streams-pennsylvania.html
#Pennsylvania #environment #waters #river #rivers #stream #streams #plastic #microplastics #plasticPollution
Pepijn
@Pepijn@mastodon.online
Member of a one-forest household. 🇳🇱 living in 🇩🇰 with 🇫🇷 partner and 🇪🇺 toddler. Here to talk with other humans. Feel free to follow or dm me. Introduction in pinned post. #ecology #nature #plants #forests #trees #geology #humanism #liberties #history #climate #technology #utopia #maps #trains #lego #modelbuilding #books #cats #cycling #WTFrance ᓚᘏᗢ
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@Pepijn@mastodon.online
We got the "Stihl FSA 135". With our use it is likely to last for the rest of our life.
While it comes with a strimmer head (using nylon wire*) we'll be using it with a metal cutting disk as not to pollute the woodland with untold bits of #microplastics.
I'm looking forward to do some testing this weekend :-)
*There's no such thing as biodegradable trimmer wire. #podcast tip: the @plastisphere@podcasts.social episode about microplastics in soil:
https://anjakrieger.com/2021/04/27/welcome-to-the-plastisphere/
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#gardening #woodland