By Beyond Pesticides Natural areas are often considered more pristine than urbanized locations, but a new study published in Nature Communications shows that the soils in natural lands…
Posts tagged as “Microplastics”
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. The authors of a peer-reviewed study showing microplastics passed pregnant ratsâ intestinal and placental barriers, leading to impaired fetal development, concluded the same could…
By Katabella Roberts Researchers have discovered microplastics deep in the lungs of living humans for the first time. Scientists at Hull York Medical School in England published their findings…
By Nathan Worcester The medical nonprofit Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) has issued a research report outlining how plastics and microplastics may jeopardize both human health and the natural world.…
By GABRIEL KEANE Dr. Shanna Swan, a professor of Environmental Medicine & Public Health at Mount Sinai Health System, has warned in a new book…