dtaylor · @raincat
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dtaylor · @raincat
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Kari · @kswenger
196 followers · 1819 posts · Server mas.to

Many people would think – understandably due to it being the focus of much recent research – that when it comes to cars, the biggest cause of pollution is exhaust. But, in fact, wear and tear on tires has been shown to produce more particle by mass. newatlas.com/environment/tire-

#microplastics #pollution

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dtaylor · @raincat
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dtaylor · @raincat
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dtaylor · @raincat
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dtaylor · @raincat
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Roy Grubb · @roygrubb
74 followers · 610 posts · Server mastodon.green

New Filter Removes Over 99% Of Microplastics in Water mymodernmet.com/plant-based-wa

#water #microplastics

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Veranderwens · @veranderwens
441 followers · 16045 posts · Server mastodon.nl

@NOSRSS
Nature strikes back
Misschien worden zeedieren wel gek in hun hoofd van al die of te warme zee.

#microplastics

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Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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dtaylor · @raincat
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dtaylor · @raincat
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Fedecops · @Federico
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Nam Henderson · @namhenderson
45 followers · 578 posts · Server mas.to

"The Ethics of Dust was, for me, about human presence made present – about the building rewritten as not only limestone and glass and a wood-beamed roof, or as big abstract nouns like history and tradition and power, but the material traces of millions of bodies, their labours and their livelihoods." theguardian.com/news/2023/aug/ re: et al.

#microplastics #hygiene #blackcarbon

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KaylinQ · @KaylinQ
192 followers · 828 posts · Server mstdn.science

Assessing the Release of and from Plastic Containers and Food Pouches: Implications for Human

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.e

#microplastics #Nanoplastics #reusable #health

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Sam Harrison · @samharrison7
158 followers · 205 posts · Server mas.to

Are paper cups an example of a regretable substitution? Single-use take-away cups of paper are as to aquatic midge larvae as cups. A reminder that *re-use* is always best! Great work by @BCarneyAlmroth and colleagues.

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#ecotoxicity #microplastics #plasticpollution #toxic #biodegradable

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Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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janggolan · @janggolan
175 followers · 7908 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

Two University of Rhode Island researchers estimate that the top 5 centimeters (2 inches) of the floor of Bay now contain more than 1,000 tons of , and that buildup has occurred in just the last 10 to 20 years...
phys.org/news/2023-08-extensiv

#narragansett #microplastics

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I'm still baffled how low we've fallen since plastic replaced reusable glass bottles "because plastic is better for the environment".

NEW RESEARCH: just 3 weeks of in drinking water was enough for them to accumulate in mouse brains.

Researchers also saw behavior & immune system changes.

mastodon-belgium.be/@jsrailton

#microplastics

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Sam Butler · @sambutlerUS
285 followers · 293 posts · Server kolektiva.social

💨 When you sell a car (even for an EV), your gas car gets re-sold and keeps on polluting and emitting.

🛞 Tires are the worst form of car pollution. They shed microplastics and toxins every day — which kill everything.

The only way to end the problems of cars, is to end cars.

Boost on Twitter too, so people know:

twitter.com/sambutlerUS/status

#depave #waroncars #carfree #tacticalurbanism #urbanism #bikes #transit #housing #plastic #microplastics #pollution #fuckcars #strongtowns #planning #urbandesign #policy #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #climate

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