Tag: Plastic Polymers
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This is the amount of microplastic we consume every day
It is in our food, our drinking water and in the air, in short, everywhere: microplastics. But how much of it do we...
Microplastics can even be detected in the carotid arteries
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNP) can even be detected in the carotid arteries of atherosclerosis patients. Researchers from Salzburg have now discovered this as...
Mandatory deposit considered – problems with drink caps? Therefore it is unnecessary
The new EU directive for single-use plastics will come into effect in two and a half months. Then PET bottles with loose lids...
Researchers produce bioplastic from corn cobs
At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss researchers have developed a method that can convert agricultural waste into bioplastic. ...
Microplastics can help promote the spread of cancer
Microplastics can apparently promote the spread of cancer in the body – a recent study comes to this disturbing conclusion. The plastic follows...
