Entries Tagged Microplastics

By now you have probably read or heard stories of the huge floating islands of plastic out in the ocean. Some reports...

Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban environments to pristine wilderness. And left to their own devices, it can take...

Washington State University researchers have shown the fundamental mechanisms that allow tiny pieces of plastic bags and foam packaging at the nanoscale...

It’s estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2 million microplastic particles each day in its effluent. Yet,...

Nothing seems safe from plastic contamination. A new study by NSF-funded researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests there could be a million times more...

Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, potentially causing consequences for human health and our aquatic systems, according...

Two researchers from the University of Toronto — Bob Andrews and Chelsea Rochman — recently collaborated with drinking water providers in a...

Entry 244235An Irish teenager has come up with an idea to remove microplastic pollution from the world’s waterways as part of the...

Back in 1967 an iconic scene from the movie The Graduate, perhaps unwittingly so, was a harbinger of what was to come...

Microplastics contaminate the world’s surface waters, yet scientists have only just begun to explore their presence in groundwater systems. A new study...

Entry 244942A group of routinely intoxicated homeless men are using the Mill Creek Water Treatment Facility’s pond as a swimming hole, according...

So-called “flushable” wipes and other persistent materials are well-known problems for wastewater treatment plants. Now, studies around the country have found other...

Tiny pieces of harmful plastic, called microplastics, are prevalent in many rivers that flow into the Great Lakes, says a study published in...