Microplastics

CSIR-NIO's study on microplastics reveals extent of pollution on Goa coast

CSIR director Dr Sunil Kumar Singh said the problem is that microplastics in water (rivers and sea) have started making their way into food and entering human bodies.

29 September 2024, 09:59 IST

CSIR-NIO's study on microplastics reveals extent of pollution on Goa coast

29 September 2024, 09:59 IST

Breathing may introduce microplastics to brain, study says

Microplastics are also increasingly being found throughout the human body. We are not sure how they got there, though there are three probable routes.

28 September 2024, 11:21 IST

Breathing may introduce microplastics to brain, study says

28 September 2024, 11:21 IST

Microplastics found in internal organs of Penguins in Antarctica

The study, published in the "Science of the Total Environment" journal last week, claimed to be the first comprehensive examination of microplastics across various tissue types, gastrointestinal tracts and scat samples obtained from Adelie Penguins inhabiting mainland Antarctica.

20 August 2024, 14:31 IST

Microplastics found in internal organs of Penguins in Antarctica

20 August 2024, 14:31 IST

Microplastics may pose risk to Indo-Gangetic plain: Study

As per study, microplastics were detected in the Ganga from Haridwar to Patna, with the pollutant concentration being higher during “wet (rainy) season than the dry season”.

18 March 2024, 04:30 IST

Microplastics may pose risk to Indo-Gangetic plain: Study

18 March 2024, 04:30 IST

Microplastics menace the food we grow

From irrigation pipes to greenhouse films to mulch that suppresses weeds, plastics are ubiquitous on farms today. As the use of plastic implements increases in agriculture, tiny, microscopic fragments—called microplastics—wither off of them and become one with the soil, threatening the food we eat. Once in the soil, it is expensive and almost impossible to separate microplastics.

27 January 2024, 00:03 IST

Microplastics menace the food we grow

27 January 2024, 00:03 IST

Microplastics found in tissues of two-thirds of marine mammals: Study

The presence of polymer particles and fibres in these animals suggests that microplastics can travel out of the digestive tract and lodge in the tissues.

12 August 2023, 16:51 IST

Microplastics found in tissues of two-thirds of marine mammals: Study

12 August 2023, 16:51 IST

Microplastics in recycling process raises concerns

While the study analysed microplastics released by one recycling plant in the UK, researchers expressed concern about the situation worldwide

24 May 2023, 12:36 IST

Recycling can release massive amounts of microplastics, finds study, raising questions about sustainability

Microplastics in recycling process raises concerns

24 May 2023, 12:36 IST

Sweatshops: Textile industry's dark side

In the era of fast fashion, the average person buys 60% more clothing than 15 years ago, while each item is kept for only half as long, according to the UN in 2022

21 April 2023, 10:20 IST

Sweatshops: Textile industry's dark side

21 April 2023, 10:20 IST

NGT flags concern over adverse effect of microplastics

Microplastics refer to plastic particles with an upper size limit of 5 mm

04 March 2023, 04:40 IST

NGT flags concern over adverse effect of microplastics

04 March 2023, 04:40 IST

Blue whales eat 10 mn microplastic pieces a day: Study

Over the 90-120 day annual feeding season, that represents more than a billion pieces a year

01 November 2022, 16:51 IST

Blue whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day: Study

Blue whales eat 10 mn microplastic pieces a day: Study

01 November 2022, 16:51 IST