Mmm. Do I detect a faint sprinkle of…microplastics?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Tiny plastic particles called microplastics can enter our bodies through food ingestion. How?! Perhaps your kitchen cutting board is part of the problem? Enter Himani Yadav and team from North
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Are MICROplastics making BIG impacts? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that have infiltrated our ecosystem from waste. And you know what’s even worse? They’re teaming up with bacteria! How? Enter Neila Gross and team at Boston University. They exposed
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What menacing secrets lurk in the depths of the ocean? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science,saying…one word: “Plastics!” Plastics have been invading our oceans for years. Unfortunately, many animals, such as sea turtles, mistake them for food. But does plastic reach the creatures dwelling in
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