Environment
Discovered billions of microscopic particles in tea filter bags
When drinking a cup of tea, the amount of plastic particles in the body 200,000 times the total amount of micro plastic a person consumes each year.
Microplastic
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Health
73,000 pieces of plastic enter the human body each year
About 73,000 small pieces of plastic enter the human body through food, drinks and breathing, carrying pathogenic bacteria and causing antibiotic resistance.
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Shock detection in ice cores in the Arctic - the most remote waters
Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic, indicating increasing pollution for marine life in even the most remote waters of the planet.
Discover science
First detected human body
This is the first time scientists have discovered plastic entering the human body, while many previous studies have shown that marine animals are plastic.
Environment
Discharging old contact lenses into the toilet - a huge danger to the environment
Although an effective tool to improve vision and vision in people with short-sighted contact lenses, contact lenses are also one of the causes of environmental pollution.
Environment
Startled with the amount of plastic you are eating into your mouth every year
Perhaps up to this point, many of us understand how plastic can make environmental pollution so horrible.
Environment
99% of plastic garbage on the sea has disappeared?
99% of the trash that people throw into the sea is disappearing, but this is not good news.
Medicine - Health
We can eat more than 100 pieces of plastic at every meal
More frightening, plastic originates not primarily from food or cooking environments but also domestic dust (along with thousands of bacteria and fungi).