There’s been a lot of public is concerned about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency’s move doesn’t in itself guarantee regulation.
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How do we know if microplastics affect our health?
It seems like microplastics are everywhere these days — but their impacts on human health remain unclear. Today we take a closer look at why that is and how scientists are trying to get a clearer picture.
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Where do microplastics come from?
Microplastics are all around us, even if we can’t see them. This week, the Possibly team investigates where they come from and why sometimes, they’re even made on purpose.
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Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?
Plastic particles are found in our organs, blood and even semen. But do they stay in us forever? What damage are they doing? Here are six questions scientists are trying to answer.
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Plastic junk? Researchers find tiny particles in men’s testicles
The new study has scientists concerned that microplastics may be contributing to reproductive health issues.
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Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
Recycling “does not solve the solid waste problem,” the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.
