After a week of stalled #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace International finds #microplastics in the Geneva :flag-ch: air!
This new investigation highlighting the urgent need for a strong treaty that cuts plastic production to tackle microplastic exposure. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/microplastics-geneva-air-un-plastics-treaty-b2806016.html
Pollution by plastic pellets, so-called nurdles, combines toxicity and entropy to devastating effect. #Microplastics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/12/nurdles-kerala-india-microplastic-pellets-pollution-fishing-environment-law
The shocking truth about #microplastics
There’s more plastic in the ocean than stars in the sky
Wait… what?
Yes really, there are now 170 trillion particles of plastic in our oceans
1700 times more than stars in our galaxy.
The problem is, the plastic that gets thrown away never truly goes away.
Instead, it breaks into tiny pieces - microplastics.
Most are so small they are invisible to the human eye
And they are everywhere.
They’re in the air we breathe and the water we drink.
As #PlasticsTreaty talks stall, a 
@greenpeace International report finds #microplastics in the air that surround leaders as they negotiate in Geneva.
World leaders must step up & deliver a treaty that cuts plastic production to reduce microplastics! https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-international-stateless/2025/08/c9d08a57-liviing-in-plastic-air-microplastics-report.pdf
"“Magic” Cleaning Sponges Found to Release Trillions of Microplastic Fibers"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics #Environment
https://scitechdaily.com/magic-cleaning-sponges-found-to-release-trillions-of-microplastic-fibers/
Plastic's Impact on Health Costs $1.5 Trillion Every Year, Report Warns https://www.sciencealert.com/plastics-impact-on-health-costs-1-5-trillion-every-year-report-warns #Ocean #Plastic #Microplastics
you /could/ watch 'texas chainsaw massacre' for the 529th time OR you could listen to this podcast if you really want to be scared shitless.
#microplastics #plastic #crazyTown #environment #horror
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-30/crazy-town-episode-108-just-one-word-microplastics-with-matt-simon/
I guess I hadn't thought of this, even while noticing how fast those sponges wear away. Less incentive to use them now.
“Magic” Cleaning Sponges Found to Release Trillions of Microplastic Fibers
https://scitechdaily.com/magic-cleaning-sponges-found-to-release-trillions-of-microplastic-fibers/
Here's an authoritative reference on the subject of microplastics in the environment:
Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment by Teresa Rocha-Santos et al, 2022
This reference work presents an authoritative review of microplastics as vectors of environmental contaminants and provides a comprehensive coverage of their ecotoxicological and toxicological effects.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#microplastics
#reference
#Springer
How many animals & birds have to die, how much land is contaminated by plastic straws, all because Donald Trump doesn’t like paper straws? One single self-centred, greedy man can cause so much irreversible damage to our planet.
Drinking soda is terrible for you already, but this adds a special twist.
More than Just Bottles: The Hidden Sources Fueling Plastic Pollution
We often point fingers at bottles and straws, but new findings show that synthetic clothing, tyres, paint, and everyday wear are shedding tiny plastic particles—microplastics that now contaminate our soil, air, and even human bodies. Scientists warn these less obvious sources may be even more serious than single-use waste.
#PlasticPollution #Microplastics #EverydayWaste #SustainableLiving
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/plastic-pollution-bottles-straws-clothes-tyres-171130989.html
„#Microplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in?“
In addition, science shows that mothers pass #microplastics & #plastic chemicals on to their (unborn) boys & girls, we have to better protect them!
#PlasticsTreaty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/microplastics-are-everywhere-even-in-human-testicles-so-will-the-patriarchy-finally-step-in
#Dow #ExxonMobil #BASF #ChevronPhillips #Shell #SABIC and INEOS expanded plastic production capacity by 1.4 million tonnes… Dow earned US$5.1 billion from plastics, sending at least 21 lobbyists into treaty negotiations.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/77716/greenpeace-activists-paint-geneva-streets-black-to-call-out-big-oils-chokehold-on-global-plastic-treaty-talks-demand-un-kicks-out-fossil-fuel-lobbyists/
#Dow #ExxonMobil #BASF #ChevronPhillips #Shell #SABIC and INEOS expanded plastic production capacity by 1.4 million tonnes… Dow earned US$5.1 billion from plastics, sending at least 21 lobbyists into treaty negotiations.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/77716/greenpeace-activists-paint-geneva-streets-black-to-call-out-big-oils-chokehold-on-global-plastic-treaty-talks-demand-un-kicks-out-fossil-fuel-lobbyists/
Plastic Politicians ?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-07/un-plastics-treaty-negotiations-us-australia-odds/105622490
#Dow #ExxonMobil #BASF #ChevronPhillips #Shell #SABIC and INEOS expanded plastic production capacity by 1.4 million tonnes… Dow earned US$5.1 billion from plastics, sending at least 21 lobbyists into treaty negotiations.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/77716/greenpeace-activists-paint-geneva-streets-black-to-call-out-big-oils-chokehold-on-global-plastic-treaty-talks-demand-un-kicks-out-fossil-fuel-lobbyists/
I am shocked. Shocked. Well not that shocked
‘Maddening’ Proof Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974, New Document Shows
https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/05/maddening-proof-plastics-industry-knew-recycling-was-false-solution-in-1974-new-document-shows/ via https://lemmy.zip/post/45676931
Effects of microplastics on protein structure
