Nanoplastics

Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Chemicals Agency.

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What’s in your salad? Crops exposed to nanoplastics may boost heavy metal intake - EurekAlert!

Nanoplastics can interact with Salmonella to affect food safety, study shows - EurekAlert!

Develops the off-grid filtration technology removing over 99% of nanoplastics smaller than 50 nm - EurekAlert!

Warning of kidney cell damage from high exposure to nanoplastics - EurekAlert!

New Study Reveals How Nanoplastics Make Bacteria More Dangerous

The hidden dangers of nanoplastics - EurekAlert!

Nanoplastics have diet-dependent impacts on digestive system health - EurekAlert!

Translocating nanoplastics in zebrafish - EurekAlert!

Chemicals might be hitching a ride on nanoplastics to enter your skin - EurekAlert!

New and simple detection method for nanoplastics. - EurekAlert!

Nanoplastics detection chip revolutionizes plastic pollution monitoring - EurekAlert!

How bad are micro- and nanoplastics for our health? It depends on their concentrations and how you measure them - EurekAlert!

“Shocking” – 27 Million Tons of Nanoplastics Discovered in the North Atlantic

Nanoplastics Make Up Most of the Ocean’s Plastic Pollution

Food packaging is a source of micro- and nanoplastics in food - EurekAlert!

Nanoplastics in the Biosphere: From Molecular Impact to Planetary Crisis — The First Comprehensive Global Report on the Hidden Plastic Catastrophe

Nanoplastics Stick to Toxic Bacteria, Forming a Deadly Combination

Could nanoplastics in the environment turn E. coli into a bigger villain? - EurekAlert!

Could nanoplastics in the environment turn E. coli into a bigger villain?

McGill researchers develop practical new tool for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment - EurekAlert!