4 MORE Facts You NEED to Know about Microplastics

If you thought you knew everything about microplastics…THINK AGAIN! Here are 4 more microplastics facts you absolutely need to know!

Welcome back everyone! My name is Imari Walker and I am a Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate at Duke University studying microplastics in water. Today I will be talking to you about where we can find microplastics and its likely to surprise you! I will also cover some of the latest research articles discussing some of the harmful effects microplastics can have to humans and environmental health.

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If you want to read up on these articles yourself, please see the links below for the published scientific articles and associated news articles.

Science Articles:
Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935120305703?via%3Dihub#fig1
Finding Microplastics in Soils: A Review of Analytical Methods: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b04618
Microplastics as contaminants in the soil environment: A mini-review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719333236
Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6496/1257
Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution—Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest: https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(20)30550-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2590332220305509%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
A ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/12/09/science.abd6951
Communicating the absence of evidence for microplastics risk: Balancing sensation and reflection https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320717?via%3Dihub
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322297
Detection of microplastics in human colectomy specimens: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jgh3.12457#.X8GjdBF5y38.twitter
Nanopolystyrene translocation and fetal deposition after acute lung exposure during late-stage pregnancy https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12989-020-00385-9

News Articles
NEW STUDIES: MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN FRUIT AND VEG: https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/2020/06/new-studies-microplastics-found-in-fruit-and-veg/#:~:text=Microplastics%20are%20contaminating%20the%20fruit,are%20the%20vegetables%20most%20affected.
Plastic dust is blowing into U.S. national parks—more than 1000 tons each year: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/plastic-dust-blowing-us-national-parks-more-1000-tons-each-year
Microplastics found near Everest’s peak, highest ever detected in the world: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2020/11/microplastics-found-near-everests-peak-highest-ever-detected-world/
Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-mystery-mass-coho-salmon.html

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