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Colorado Drone Flights Detected Microplastics a...
University of Colorado Boulder–led researchers flew an uncrewed aerial sampler at 80 to 100 meters above ground in Colorado and spectroscopically confirmed airborne microplastics at 100 meters. Confirmed plastics averaged...
Colorado Drone Flights Detected Microplastics a...
University of Colorado Boulder–led researchers flew an uncrewed aerial sampler at 80 to 100 meters above ground in Colorado and spectroscopically confirmed airborne microplastics at 100 meters. Confirmed plastics averaged...
Wind Gusts and Cold Weather, Not Rain, Tracked ...
A year of twice-monthly sampling by West Chester University researchers found microplastic levels in Plum Run, a Pennsylvania stream that drains to Delaware Bay, averaged 7.6 particles per liter and...
Wind Gusts and Cold Weather, Not Rain, Tracked ...
A year of twice-monthly sampling by West Chester University researchers found microplastic levels in Plum Run, a Pennsylvania stream that drains to Delaware Bay, averaged 7.6 particles per liter and...
More Than 2 Tonnes of Spilled Plastic Pellets M...
Newcastle University modelling suggests about 2.2 tonnes of the plastic pellets (nurdles) spilled into the River Tyne on July 19 were still in the estuary six weeks later. The ~4...
More Than 2 Tonnes of Spilled Plastic Pellets M...
Newcastle University modelling suggests about 2.2 tonnes of the plastic pellets (nurdles) spilled into the River Tyne on July 19 were still in the estuary six weeks later. The ~4...
Lake Erie Treatment Plants Cut Micro- and Nanop...
An ACS ES&T Water study of four conventional Lake Erie drinking water treatment plants found average micro-/nanoplastic removal of about 54% by particle count and 75% by mass, yet treated...
Lake Erie Treatment Plants Cut Micro- and Nanop...
An ACS ES&T Water study of four conventional Lake Erie drinking water treatment plants found average micro-/nanoplastic removal of about 54% by particle count and 75% by mass, yet treated...
California Starts the Clock on Regulating Micro...
As of October 1, California's toxics agency treats microplastics as a candidate chemical, the legal first step before it can single out products that contain or shed them. Nothing is...
California Starts the Clock on Regulating Micro...
As of October 1, California's toxics agency treats microplastics as a candidate chemical, the legal first step before it can single out products that contain or shed them. Nothing is...
Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems Can Reshape Micr...
A Nature Communications study published Oct. 9, 2026 found that two non-sewered sanitation systems retained 53.7% to 77.1% of microplastics but also fragmented and oxidized them and released plastic additives...
Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems Can Reshape Micr...
A Nature Communications study published Oct. 9, 2026 found that two non-sewered sanitation systems retained 53.7% to 77.1% of microplastics but also fragmented and oxidized them and released plastic additives...