Tag Archives: microplastics

[ad_1] TO CLOSE President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill, the Save Our Seas Act, to amend the current Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine pollution. (October …

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists say that there is not yet enough evidence to conclude that microplastics cause or do not cause damage to the environment, as a result of a …

[ad_1] A photo of a mosquito biting a human arm. New research has shown that microplastic is consumed by mosquito larvae and remains in the insect body until adulthood. Scientists have expressed …

[ad_1] There is little plastic that escapes, no matter what kind of creature you are, even a mosquito. A study published in Biology Letters has revealed that mosquito larvae that grow in …

[ad_1] Microplastics can escape water polluted by flying insects, reveal new research, contaminate new environments and threaten birds and other creatures that eat insects. The scientists administered microplastics to mosquito larvae, which …

[ad_1] British researchers have discovered that microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters – remain in the bodies of mosquitoes and other aquatic insects, even after they become flying adults. …

[ad_1] If an insect begins its life in the water, there is a good chance that it eats pieces of microplastic. Mosquitoes begin life as larvae, living in water. They are filter …

[ad_1] Scientists investigate whether mosquitoes can transmit microplastics to humans in the food chain Researchers said Wednesday that mosquito larvae ingested microplastics that could be transported into the food chain, uncovering a …

[ad_1] Microplastics have been found everywhere, from Arctic sea ice to German farmland, and a new study has revealed that these tiny pollutants could even have entered the sky. The researchers found …