“The way we produce, use, and dispose of plastics is polluting ecosystems, creating risks for human health and destabilizing the climate,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. ‘Roadmap’ to slash plastic pollution “This UNEP report lays out a roadmap to dramatically reduce these risks through adopting a circular approach that keeps plastics out of ecosystems,…
According to new research, plastic particles can reach the human brain. Photo: File Vienna, Austria: Experts have warned from experiments on mice that plastic particles can reach the mother’s milk, blood and even the brain. Researchers at the University of Vienna have said after experiments with mice that the same thing can happen with humans….
Japanese experts have developed a technology to filter microscopic plastic using sound waves. Photo: File Tokyo: Japanese experts have successfully demonstrated that using sound waves to agglomerate microscopic plastic particles in water could help solve this long-standing problem. Microplastics are now everywhere and are getting into our food and water. Now, Chinese experts have come…
Notre Dame: Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have revealed in a study that PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds) found in everyday plastic containers can end up in our diet. PFEs contain fluorine and are harmful chemicals known as ‘forever chemicals’. A new study published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters has revealed that…
England: Plastic is responsible for a wide range of adverse human health effects, including cancer, lung diseases and birth defects. Analysis of plastic fragments dumped in the plastic manufacturing process, landfills, and oceans has revealed that plastic that comes into normal daily use can cause deadly diseases over time. The aforementioned study was conducted by…
Seeing the increase in plastic waste on the planet, experts have introduced a technology, thanks to which plastic can be converted into valuable industrial nanoparticles. Experts have named it Flash Joule technology. This technology, developed by scientists at Rice University, is the brainchild of Dr. K. Win Wyse, the first to use flash joule heating…
Flash Joule technology is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly process that can turn waste plastics into valuable and useful components. Photo. File Houston, USA: Every minute plastic waste is being piled up on the planet, only a small amount of it is being recycled. But now, thanks to a new technology, it can be converted…
Researchers at the SLCA National Accelerator Laboratory in the US state of California were trying to replicate the diamond rain process that occurs in the solar system’s planets Uranus and Neptune. In this regard, he has discovered the method of making diamonds from plastic bottles. With the help of modern technology, it will now be…
