The biggest likely source of microplastics in California coastal waters? Our car tires
Phys.org - Wed 2 Oct 19Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problem—turns out, it just might be the largest contributor of microplastics in California coastal waters.
The biggest likely source of microplastics in California coastal waters? Our car tires, L.A. Times - Thu 3 Oct 19Microplastics: Premium teabags leak billions of particles - study
BBC News - Thu 26 Sep 19The WHO says microplastics in drinking water do not appear to pose a health risk at current levels.
Plastic Tea Bags Release Billions of Microplastics Into Every Cup
Discover Magazine - Thu 26 Sep 19Tea bags made of plastic can release billions of microplastics into our bodies. (Credit: AnikonaAnn/Shutterstock) There’s a new trend in tea — out with the old, flat paper tea bags and ...
Plastic tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles into the cup
Newscientist - Wed 25 Sep 19Making a cup of tea with a plastic teabag releases around 11.6 billion microplastic particles in a single cup
Plastic teabags release microscopic particles into tea
Phys.org - Wed 25 Sep 19Many people are trying to reduce their plastic use, but some tea manufacturers are moving in the opposite direction: replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones. Now, researchers reporting ...
Plastic teabags release microscopic particles into tea, Eurekalert - Wed 25 Sep 19Car tires are responsible for 7 trillion particles of microplastics in the ocean.
Daily Mail - Thu 3 Oct 19Plastics are rapidly filling the oceans. A new study shows the primary source isn't runoff from washing machines or soaps containing microbeads. Instead, it's debris from car tires.
Tea Bags Release Billions of Microplastics Into Brew
Geek.com - Fri 27 Sep 19Plastic teabags release billions of microscopic particles into tea (via Lynda Sanchez/Unsplash) Do you take your tea with milk, sugar, or microplastics? ...
Tea Bags Release Billions of Microplastics Into Brew, Geek.com - Fri 27 Sep 19Study finds billions of plastic particles released by tea bags
ZME Science - Thu 26 Sep 19Tea, plastic-flavored.
Scientists find that teabags release billions of tiny plastic particles into your cup of tea
Daily Mail - Wed 25 Sep 19Chemical engineer Laura Hernandez and colleagues at Canada's McGill University purchased four different commercially-sold teas from coffee shops and grocery stores in Montreal for their analysis.
Microplastics accelerate cell death at 3 times the normal rate, study says
Inhabitat - Thu 3 Oct 19Researchers from the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht recently announced that cells exposed to microplastics experience cell death three times faster than those that are not. With microplastic ...
7 Trillion Microplastic Particles Pollute the San Francisco Bay Each Year
Wired Science Blogs - Thu 3 Oct 19A new report shows an astounding amount of microplastics, largely from car tires, are tainting the watershed.
One plastic teabag can release billions of microplastics into your cup
Inhabitat - Mon 30 Sep 19The next time you are craving tea, choose the paper teabag or loose-leaf tea in a reusable infuser — just steer clear of the plastic teabag. Why? A recent McGill University study found that ...
Tea now comes with a side of billions of microplastics per cup
Fastcompany Tech - Thu 26 Sep 19And that’s the tea. Here’s the tea: You may be swallowing billions of microplastics while sipping a cup of tea, according to a new study from McGill University.Read Full ...
Billions of 'Microplastics' in Each Plastic Teabag
WebMD - Wed 25 Sep 19Some tea companies are replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones, but the new bags may be adding billions of tiny bits of plastic to your beverage, a team from Canada reports.
Teabags Release Nano Particles Into Tea. Should You Be Worried?
Science 2.0 - Wed 25 Sep 19A new study worries that teabags containing plastic come with a dose of micro- and nano-sized plastics.read more
Some plastic with your tea?
AlphaGalileo - Wed 25 Sep 19Plastic teabags release billions of microscopic particles into tea A cup of tea may be a cure for rainy days, but the soothing cup of the brewed beverage may also come with a dose of micro- ...