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Why 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...

#Microplastics #PolymerScience

10-Sep-2026
Heavy rainfall amplifies riverine #microplastics transport worldwide, particularly in developing nations

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1143036

#science #environment #pollution #plastics

"THEY'RE IN THE BALLS!
THEY'RE IN THE GODD*MN BALLS!"
#microplastics #chadcast #hololive

Are you inhaling #microplastics? youtube.com/shorts/XbmQB... via Dr. Noel at @lsuvetmed.bsky.social

These are just a few of the studies from this year (2026 alone!) showing how plastic is hurting fertility, babies, and children.

The science continues to mount, but we already have more than enough evidence of plastic's harms to take action now.

#plastic #microplastics #health

🧪 How reliable are microplastics data in human samples?

Fazel A. Monikh explores why contamination control, method validation, and physical plausibility are critical as micro- and nanoplastics research accelerates.

🔗 https://ow.ly/4ejB50ZF3PW

#Microplastics #AnalyticalScience

Airborne microplastic deposits 219 tonnes across Switzerland each year #environment #microplastics #Switzerland

More than 200 tons of plastic particles enters soils and water bodies in Switzerland via the atmosphere on a yearly basis, a recent study together with researchers from @eawag.bsky.social, Agroscope and Empa shows.
https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/mikro-und-makroplastik-in-der-umwelt
#microplastics

Could #microplastics be disrupting global #aquaticcalcium cycles? Xu et al. highlight how microplastic surfaces act as active platforms driving microbial CaCO3 mineralization—offering a fresh perspective on the long-term geochemical impacts of plastic pollution.
doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...

Scientists make concerning discovery about lung cancer and microplastics
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
#Health #Lungs #Cancer #LungCancer #Microplastics #PlasticPollution #Study

🫁 People with #lungcancer are more likely to have #microplastics in their lungs and to have larger quantities of microplastics in their lungs, according to new research from 🇮🇪 @ucdmedicine.bsky.social, presented at the @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social's #ERSCongress.

💉🩺🏥New study reviewing " #Plastics in the Perioperative Period: Deleterious Health Effects on Patients and Providers" highlights MANY direct routes of patient exposure to #microplastics during surgery.
www.ovid.com/jnls/anesthe...

If humans become #extinct, #ForeverChemicals and #MicroPlastics will be our #KTBoundary

#Microplastics are usually consumed through food and water, but more recently, they are making their way into #Indonesia’s air and rain. Sui-Lee Wee, our Asia business correspondent, traveled to Jakarta, the capital, to find out why.

By NYT Staff