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How We Ingest Plastic Chemicals While Consuming Food - Slashdot
December 18, 2025 at 6:30:09 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -How We Ingest Plastic Chemicals While Consuming Food
- https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/17/1738215/how-we-ingest-plastic-chemicals-while-consuming-food
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Scientists invent ‘perfect plastic’ that produces zero microplastics | The Independent
December 18, 2025 at 6:23:29 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -This article discusses the invention of a new type of plant-based plastic by researchers in Japan that fully degrades in seawater without leaving behind any microplastics
- https://www.the-independent.com/tech/plastic-dissolves-no-microplastics-japan-b2886293.html
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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns | Plastics | The Guardian
August 4, 2025 at 8:07:37 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/03/world-in-15tn-plastics-crisis-hitting-health-from-infancy-to-old-age-report-warns
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Ninety-Nine Percent of the Ocean's Plastic Is Missing - Slashdot
July 2, 2014 at 3:45:15 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -"new study (abstract) finds that 99% of this plastic is missing. One disturbing possibility: Fish are eating it"
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/06/30/205249/ninety-nine-percent-of-the-oceans-plastic-is-missing
