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Angela Antunovic
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University of New Mexico #scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of #dementia — damage in the #brain tiny #bloodvessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to classify these changes, showing that many people diagnosed with #Alzheimers also suffer from #vascular damage that quietly destroys #brain tissue. Even more surprising, she’s finding #microplastics inside the brain that appear linked to #inflammation & #memory loss. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251005085637.htm #healthcare
University of New Mexico #scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of #dementia — damage in the #brain tiny #bloodvessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to classify these changes, showing that many people diagnosed with #Alzheimers also suffer from #vascular damage that quietly destroys #brain tissue. Even more surprising, she’s finding #microplastics inside the brain that appear linked to #inflammation & #memory loss. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251005085637.htm #healthcare
In recent months, #EPA scientists have contributed to studies in scientific journals on subjects such as #PFAS & #microplastics in urban sewer overflows, comparisons of different methods for testing #DrinkingWater for #lead, & #groundwater #pollution by naturally occurring #arsenic.
Details about the *review process* remain unclear.
#Trump #PublicHealth #Climate #water #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw
SPEAKING of #microplastics, here is something global industrial capitalism needs to launch and iterate upon: ultralight Gorilla Glass food containers
Ika Makimaki
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After a week of stalled #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace International finds #microplastics in the Geneva :flag-ch: air!
This new investigation highlighting the urgent need for a strong treaty that cuts plastic production to tackle microplastic exposure. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/microplastics-geneva-air-un-plastics-treaty-b2806016.html
After a week of stalled #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace International finds #microplastics in the Geneva :flag-ch: air!
This new investigation highlighting the urgent need for a strong treaty that cuts plastic production to tackle microplastic exposure. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/microplastics-geneva-air-un-plastics-treaty-b2806016.html
Guess what % of plastics have been #recycled? No prizes :(
"Here is the story of how plastic moves through soils, birds, mammals – even making its way into the food we eat"
https://pressreader.com/article/281809994952804
#Microplastics#Science#Environment#TheGuardianWeekly #polyester #Nanoplastics #plastic
This is so staggeringly serious in its own right and also continues to be a compelling metaphor for AI, which is all ending up in the digital ocean, and we will never be able to get it out.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250721223827.htm
@kate
OMG this is, as you say, staggeringly serious: (from the abstract) “Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in the form of nanoplastics, smaller than a micrometer. These particles are everywhere: in rain, rivers, and even the air. They may already be infiltrating entire ecosystems, including the human brain, and researchers say prevention—not cleanup—is our only hope.” 😐
Prevention! What hope is there of that? We’re doomed!
#Prevention#PublicHealth#Plastics#MicroPlastics#Nanoplastics #ecosystems#humanBrains#ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses
Mx Arjuna
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Angela Antunovic
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Scientists find microplastics in semen and ovaries.
Spanish researchers have identified different types of plastics in seminal plasma and ovarian follicular fluid.
Scientists find microplastics in semen and ovaries.
Spanish researchers have identified different types of plastics in seminal plasma and ovarian follicular fluid.