Microplastics in soil act like tiny sponges, soaking up pesticides and toxins, then hitching a ride into your food. An EU study found them in all 227 fields tested.
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@thrivesustainably.bsky.socialMicroplastics in soil act like tiny sponges, soaking up pesticides and toxins, then hitching a ride into your food. An EU study found them in all 227 fields tested.
@halilikaya.bsky.social“ #Microplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found. (…) The researchers said this poses a global threat, with healthy soils essential for life on Earth.”
@paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyA disturbing summary of findings from research on #microplastics in #agricultural land. Several areas of concern, including development of #AntibioticResistance.
Oh yes - turns out the car is also a risk factor: "One study in Switzerland found that fields with the highest levels of tyre-wear […]
@fheritale.bsky.socialNew paper by Deng et al. in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. They found that exposure to polystyrene #microplastics led to increased biofilm formation, expression of virulence genes, and increased antibiotic resistance in Clostridioides difficile.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42535848/
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In de slakken en mosselen werd vooral veel polystyreen gevonden: een plasticsoort die vaak wordt gebruikt voor piepschuim en verpakkingen.
#microplastics #plasticvervuiling #zee #onderzoek #ntrwetenschap
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Plasticvervuiling bereikt zelfs de diepste plekken van de oceaan. Koreaanse onderzoekers vonden microplastics in 91% van de onderzochte diepzeedieren die leven op meer dan twee kilometer diepte.
@idiocracy23.bsky.socialTim Dillon & Kurt Metzger: End Times & Demons | Fallout Wasteland Radio
#TimDillon #KurtMetzger #EndTimes #Demons #JDVance #spirits #microplastics #paranormal
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#poetry
@natetwnclimate.bsky.socialResearch done on earthworms finds that #microplastics do not leave the digestive tract. Could the same be said for humans? @uofguelph.bsky.social www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
@thrivesustainably.bsky.socialEstimates for how much microplastic rivers dump into the ocean ranged from 6,100 to 2.31 million tons a year. A new model says 263,000 tons in 2022, and one heavy storm can flush out a sudden surge of it
@ubcprisms.bsky.social🌊 🧪 Ocean Diagnostics and UBC researchers, Dr. Mona Rahmani and Dr. Johan Foster, are teaming up to better understand microplastic pollution in B.C.’s Fraser River. Learn more: oceandiagnostics.com/ocean-diagno...
#ocean #river #science #research #plastics #pollution #microplastics #marine
@onemanmanyhats.bsky.socialBecause it's not enough for us to be filling our bodies with #microplastics from eating regular foods... Now they're suggesting we eat them directly?
@oceandiagnostics.bsky.socialJoin us next week at COAST Canada's #oceantech demo day!
Interact with our #eDNA and #microplastics samplers, and meet our team. Register for free at luma.com/ocean-tech-l... 🌊⚙️
@thrivesustainably.bsky.social10 Blueland product lines I tested. No jugs, no pods, no plastic film dissolving into my machine. And this brand petitioned the EPA to test that film in everyone else's pods.
@wettribe.bsky.socialStorms act as a massive dual-action pump cycling plastic pollution between land and sea. This operates through two powerful vectors: stormwater runoff flushing microplastics out of storm drains, and storm surge dumping microplastics ashore. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MangroveMonday #Microplastics
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social@thrivesustainably.bsky.socialSwitzerland measured what falls out of the sky for a year. About 219 tons of microplastics settle on land and water annually, 78 tons of that on farmland.
@wettribe.bsky.socialResearch confirms that consistent coastal cleanups reduce the amount of microplastics on shorelines and in surrounding waters by over 99% within one year. Concrete evidence that tackling large plastic debris slows microplastic creation. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #Microplastics
@pnas.org#Microplastics seem to be everywhere. But how exactly do they move through water and land? #EarthScientists find ways to track their journey with an eye toward #remediation. In PNAS Front Matter: https://ow.ly/311J50ZMFI4
@adam-kowalski.bsky.socialWhy the gap? PP's backbone has more of the carbon structures photo-oxidation attacks easily; PE resists better. Sunlight doesn't destroy plastic evenly — it exploits specific molecular weak points.
Full breakdown + sources:
scalezero.substack.com/p/how-a-bott...