microplastics

• Microplastics found in Okanagan Lake, researchers say

  Eight students and professors from Okanagan College’s Water Engineering Technology Diploma program worked with the researchers to analyze the samples from the lake.

  Environment

  Mar 21
  
• Beluga whales ingest as many as 145,000 particles of microplastics a year: SFU study

  Researchers examined five species of arctic fish eaten by the whales, revealing 21 per cent had microplastic particles in their gastrointestinal tracts.

  Environment

  Oct 19, 2021
  
• Advertisement
• ‘Matter of great concern’: Scientists find microplastics in human placenta for 1st time

  The Italian study, published in early December, said microplastics were found in four out of six women's placentas who consented to donate the organ after giving birth.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2020
• Advertisement
• Lake Winnipeg ‘aquahacking’ contest to announce winning proposal Tuesday

  A nine-month-long competition tasking young people on the prairies with solving environmental problems facing Lake Winnipeg is about to declare a winner.

  Environment

  Oct 20, 2020
• Ocean microplastic pollution at least double than previously thought, study suggests

  Researchers say that the new levels of microplastic pollution now ranges from 12-125 trillion, up from the previous estimate of 5-50 trillion.

  Environment

  May 23, 2020
• Action needed now as microplastics accumulate in Great Lakes, Ontario researcher says

  An Ontario researcher is calling on society to take swift action to solve the growing problem of plastics accumulating in the Great Lakes.

  Environment

  Nov 27, 2019
• Plastics in our oceans – How one Canadian is trying to clean up

  A Canadian company believes the technology it helped fund will lead to cleaner oceans and reduce the amount of waste that gets dumped into them.

  Sep 27, 2019
• Your teabag could be releasing billions of microplastics in your mug: study

  Plastic teabags are the ones that commonly come in a pyramid shape and are made of "silken" material.

  Health

  Sep 25, 2019
• Advertisement
• Microplastics are in our drinking water, but are of ‘low concern’ for human health: WHO report

  Microplastics are "ubiquitous" but there's not much evidence to show that they're harmful, according to the World Health Organization.

  Environment

  Aug 21, 2019
• Advertisement
• New ‘plasticrust’ ocean pollution identified on Portuguese island

  Tests showed the material is polyethylene, the world’s most widely used plastic.

  Environment

  Jun 25, 2019