PANAJI: Polymers in microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain, a study on rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Goa-based CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography has concluded. The study titled ‘A comprehensive assessment of macro and microplastics from Rivers Ganga and Yamuna: Unveiling the seasonal, spatial and risk factors’, has been published in the … Read more
Only 20 per cent of textiles are collected for reuse or recycling globally, and almost 60 per cent of all clothing material is actually plastic. Workers produce garments at a workshop in China. Photo: Getty Images However, experts say naming and shaming those who own synthetic clothing is not the right course of action. “It’s … Read more
A new study conducted by researchers at Columbia and Rutgers Universities found that a litre of bottled water contains around 240,000 nanoplastics. The shocking findings have been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They used a newly developed laser technology and found that bottled water sold in stores may contain … Read more
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Washington DC: Plastic garbage and its accumulation in nature has recently become a major environmental concern. While plastic pollution in the oceans is undeniably a concern, the presence of plastics in soils all over the world is also known to cause serious environmental and health problems.Plastics fragment into tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs) in … Read more
PANAJI: The concentration of microplastics in surface water and sediments in Mandovi and Zuari estuariesin Goa declined significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic, which highlights the potential benefits of sustainable consumption and production patterns, a research paper has said. Microplastics are extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment resulting from the disposal and breakdown … Read more
