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Microplastics are in human testicles. It’s still not clear how they got there.

Grist

No human organ is safe from microplastic contamination, it seems — not even the testicles. Researchers at the University of Mexico recently tested 70 samples of testicular tissue — 47 from dogs and 23 from humans — and found microplastics in every single one. So how do the microplastics get into people’s bodies?

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What Is Toxic Fast Fashion and How Does It Impact the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

in 2000, the New York Times expressed that it arrived just at the right time as consumers had become more likely to hunt for bargains rather than shop at department stores and it was now “more chic to pay less.” This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. .

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What Is Toxic Fast Fashion and How Does It Impact the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

in 2000, the New York Times expressed that it arrived just at the right time as consumers had become more likely to hunt for bargains rather than shop at department stores and it was now “more chic to pay less.” This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. .

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On the Need for a Global Ban on the Production, Distribution, and Sale of Plastic Water Bottles

Unsustainable

No health benefits whatsoever have been shown, with the rare exception of avoiding an outbreak of E. No health benefits whatsoever have been shown, with the rare exception of avoiding an outbreak of E. MJ l –1 —as much as 2000 times the energy cost of producing tap water.” Then there is the energy investment required.

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'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Business Green

First of all, it is crammed with startling facts highlighting the world's huge reliance on a highly disposable material that is doing untold damage to the natural habitats, human health, and arguably the economy. Over six million tonnes of these microplastics are thought to have ended up in rivers, lakes, and the ocean.

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From UK to Norway, Drillers Legally Dump Tonnes of Toxic, Radioactive Waste Into the North Sea

DeSmogBlog

The industry also dumped dozens of tonnes of plastics and microplastics in 2022. environmental groups large and small have devoted considerable attention to oilfield waste and associated contamination threats posed to public health, the environment, and the industry’s own workers. In the U.S., trillion shots of espresso.

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