microplastic

This simple habit means you’re consuming 90,000 more microplastic particles a year

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This simple habit means you’re consuming 90,000 more microplastic particles a year

Here’s some bitter news to sip on. Microplastics are impossible to avoid, lurking in everything from the food you eat and the water you drink to the clothes you wear and the cosmetics you apply. Now, a new study suggests that one everyday habit could flood your body with tens of thousands more of these … Read more

Teflon non-stick pans could release millions of microplastic particles in ‘health concern’: study

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Teflon non-stick pans could release millions of microplastic particles in ‘health concern’: study

Non-stick pots could be releasing millions of tiny plastic particles as users are cooking or washing.  In a new study, Australian researchers said that just one surface crack on a Teflon-coated pan could release around 9,100 plastic particles.  At a micro-scale, Raman imaging and algorithmic modeling have identified that broken coating may lead to the release … Read more