#Plastics

If you haven’t been worried about microplastics in your body, perhaps this study will get your attention. Here’s the abstract: Its alarming conclusion: The detection of MPs in penile tissue raises inquiries on the ramifications of environmental pollutants on sexual health. Our research adds

Last week, I ran across three items related to plastics in our food system.  The big issues: waste, pollution, and harmful chemicals. (1) Fortunately, Civil Eats has done all the work and produced this must-read compendium of articles. Of all the issues we cover, one in particular has all of us

Author: Good News Network / Source: Good News Network Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill Wednesday that seeks to ban plastic bags in more than 100 coastal areas in a bid to halt the accumulation of ocean plastic. Bachelet said the move was aimed at “taking care of our marine

Author: Teodora Zareva / Source: Big Think Kiel Inge Røkke is one of the richest men in Norway, with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion. He is a self-made billionaire who never even finished high-school but started working as a fisherman at 18 and gradually built a leading worldwide fisheries

Author: Kelsi Farrington / Source: Positive News Around 8m tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year. How can we clean up our seas? 1) Develop green alternatives Just 14-16 per cent of plastic packaging is recycled each year worldwide. But there is a growing focus on the development of