Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: kills 75% of lab kidney cells
From UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN 21/07/23 The fastest way to heat food and drink might also rank as the fastest route to ingesting massive quantities of minuscule plastic particles, says new research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Experiments have shown that microwaving plastic baby food containers available on the shelves of U.S. stores can release huge […]
Deep-sea mining environmental impact bigger than expected
From CELL PRESS 17/07/2023 In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt—a mineral used in electric vehicle batteries. Not only do directly mined areas become less habitable for ocean animals, but mining also creates a plume of sediment that can spread through the […]
1,000 truckloads of trash prevented from entering Caribbean Sea
From The Ocean Cleanup, published and updated on Superinnovators 13/07/2023 Guatemala City, JUNE 14, 2023 — The Ocean Cleanup, the international non-profit project with the mission of ridding the oceans of plastic, has confirmed that its new Interceptor Barricade is now operational and capturing plastic in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala. As of June 13, an estimated 856, […]