Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Thursday, January 18 and over My Second Cup of Coffee I discuss #microplastics, the tiny bits of plastics that are becoming ever-present in the water we drink, the food we eat and even the air we breathe. This is an important conversation and I invite you to join me.
LINKS:
Hakai Magazine: Modern Hurricanes Have a Surprise Ingredient
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/modern-hurricanes-have-a-surprise-ingredient/
WIRED: Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics
https://www.wired.com/story/oh-good-hurricanes-are-now-made-of-microplastics/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): What are microplastics?
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html
CNN: We consume up to a credit card’s worth of plastic *every* week
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/us/microplastic-credit-card-per-week/index.html
ScienceDirect: Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested – A pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389420319944
Florida Today: New study shows some may be breathing in the equivalent of a credit card of plastic weekly
Newsweek: Scientists Warn Toxic Microplastics Now Getting Stuck in Our Airways
https://www.newsweek.com/toxic-microplastic-pollution-stuck-airways-1806214
IQAir: How do microplastics get in the air?
https://www.iqair.com/newsroom/microplastics-effects-on-air-pollution
STUDY: Vianello A, et al. (2019). Simulating human exposure to indoor airborne microplastics using a Breathing Thermal Manikin . Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45054-w
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45054-w
Discover Magazine: The Dangers of Microplastics in Humans
https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-dangers-of-microplastics-in-humans
STUDY: Science of Total Environment: Tim4, a macrophage receptor for apoptotic cells, binds polystyrene microplastics via aromatic-aromatic interactions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723012020
University of Florida: CONTAMINANTS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: MICROPLASTICS
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/SS649
The Eco Well: A microplastics 101 with Laura Markley PhD
https://www.theecowell.com/podcast/microplastics
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