Antarctica’s Only Bug Is Eating Something It Really Shouldn’t

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Midges Antarctica

We’ll Be Dumping a Garbage Truck of Plastic Every Second by 2040, Report Warns

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Plastic Pollution on a beach

Seafood Isn’t the Microplastic Villain You Think It Is

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Seafood In Market

How America's trash fuels toxic tofu in a country across the globe

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The US keeps sending millions of pounds of plastic to Indonesia, even after the country banned plastic waste imports. Villagers burn it to cook tofu, contaminating a beloved staple with deadly toxins.

How We’ll Know for Sure If Microplastics Are Destroying Our Health

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Eating Microplastics

An expert in how microplastics affect our health does 6 things to avoid them at home

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Composite image of a headshot of Dr. Fay Couceiro, Professor of Environmental Pollution at the University of Portsmouth, and multicolored microplastics on someone's fingers.
Fay Couceiro shared how she reduces her family's exposure to microplastics.

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Where ocean plastic actually comes from — and how to stop it

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What do we get wrong when we talk about ocean plastic? A lot, it turns out.

Business Insider producer Elizabeth McCauley dives into the scientific literature and talks to experts to find out how we actually solve this problem.

Nearly .05% of Your Brain Is Likely Microplastic, Brain Samples Reveal

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Microplastics have made their way into penises. What can we do to avoid them?

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Microplastics have infiltrated our bodies, including the brain, blood, organs, and even penises. What are the health risks, and how can we avoid them?

Microplastics found in penis muscle for the first time. It could be linked to erectile dysfunction.

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Boxers made out of a photo of microplastics

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