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Plastic On Beaches Can Now Be Seen From Space With New Satellite TechnologyAn aerial photo showing masses of plastic bottles washed up on a shoreline. The bottom of the image shows the water's edge and the white sand, but above this line are thousands of bottles and other forms of plastic.

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Plastic On Beaches Can Now Be Seen From Space With New Satellite TechnologyAn aerial photo showing masses of plastic bottles washed up on a shoreline. The bottom of the image shows the water's edge and the white sand, but above this line are thousands of bottles and other forms of plastic.
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Plastic On Beaches Can Now Be Seen From Space With New Satellite Technology

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Microplastics And Nanoplastics Found In Human Brains In “Pretty Alarming” Amountspile of small plastic particles on the left, closeup of 3D model of human brain on the right with scientist using pen to indicate a highlighted red patch

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Microplastics And Nanoplastics Found In Human Brains In “Pretty Alarming” Amountspile of small plastic particles on the left, closeup of 3D model of human brain on the right with scientist using pen to indicate a highlighted red patch
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Microplastics And Nanoplastics Found In Human Brains In “Pretty Alarming” Amounts

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Plastic Bottle Caps Across Europe Are Changing – But Why?Close up of new cap attached to plastic bottle, connected to the neck of the bottle by solid tab attached to safety ring.

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Plastic Bottle Caps Across Europe Are Changing – But Why?Close up of new cap attached to plastic bottle, connected to the neck of the bottle by solid tab attached to safety ring.
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Plastic Bottle Caps Across Europe Are Changing – But Why?

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Microplastics Found In Human Testicles – And May Be Impacting SpermSperm cells under a microscope, black and white

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Microplastics Found In Human Testicles – And May Be Impacting SpermSperm cells under a microscope, black and white
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Microplastics Found In Human Testicles – And May Be Impacting Sperm

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Halloween Witch Finger, Candy Wrappers, And Other Plastic Trash Found In Turtle BelliesA collection of plastic trash found inside the loggerhead turtles' stomachs, including the witch finger (top right).

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Halloween Witch Finger, Candy Wrappers, And Other Plastic Trash Found In Turtle BelliesA collection of plastic trash found inside the loggerhead turtles' stomachs, including the witch finger (top right).
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Halloween Witch Finger, Candy Wrappers, And Other Plastic Trash Found In Turtle Bellies

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Florida Aims To Make Balloon Release Illegal To Protect Wildlife From LitterPink balloon washed up on the beach

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Florida Aims To Make Balloon Release Illegal To Protect Wildlife From LitterPink balloon washed up on the beach
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Florida Aims To Make Balloon Release Illegal To Protect Wildlife From Litter

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Every Human Placenta Tested In One New Study Contained MicroplasticsClose up of microplastics on a hand

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Every Human Placenta Tested In One New Study Contained MicroplasticsClose up of microplastics on a hand
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Every Human Placenta Tested In One New Study Contained Microplastics

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Hermit Crabs Around The World Turn To Plastic Trash To Use As ShellsA blue hermit crab wearing a red plastic cap as a shell.

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Hermit Crabs Around The World Turn To Plastic Trash To Use As ShellsA blue hermit crab wearing a red plastic cap as a shell.
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Hermit Crabs Around The World Turn To Plastic Trash To Use As Shells

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Microplastics Found In 88 Percent Of Sampled Food, From Sirloin Steaks To Plant-Based BurgersGrocery store refrigerator section with rows of various brands of plant based protein substitutes. Plant based proteins can be as healthy as animal based proteins.

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Microplastics Found In 88 Percent Of Sampled Food, From Sirloin Steaks To Plant-Based BurgersGrocery store refrigerator section with rows of various brands of plant based protein substitutes. Plant based proteins can be as healthy as animal based proteins.
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Microplastics Found In 88 Percent Of Sampled Food, From Sirloin Steaks To Plant-Based Burgers

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Ants Found Tangled Up In Plastic Pollution For The First TimeA Lasius grandis ant entangled in a synthetic fibre under a microscope

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Ants Found Tangled Up In Plastic Pollution For The First TimeA Lasius grandis ant entangled in a synthetic fibre under a microscope
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Ants Found Tangled Up In Plastic Pollution For The First Time

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How Microplastics In The Brain Could Have The Power To Change Our Behaviorfingers holding pieces of microplastic in foreground, with large pile of multicoloured particles in background

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How Microplastics In The Brain Could Have The Power To Change Our Behaviorfingers holding pieces of microplastic in foreground, with large pile of multicoloured particles in background
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How Microplastics In The Brain Could Have The Power To Change Our Behavior

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Paper Cups And Straws Could Be Just As Bad As PlasticFloating paper cups

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Paper Cups And Straws Could Be Just As Bad As PlasticFloating paper cups
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Paper Cups And Straws Could Be Just As Bad As Plastic

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Glitter In Our Waters Is Seriously Impacting The Growth Of Vital OrganismsBlue glitter on a dark background

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Glitter In Our Waters Is Seriously Impacting The Growth Of Vital OrganismsBlue glitter on a dark background
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Glitter In Our Waters Is Seriously Impacting The Growth Of Vital Organisms

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We're All Inhaling Bits Of Microplastic – Where Does It All Go?Microplastics on a person's hand

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We're All Inhaling Bits Of Microplastic – Where Does It All Go?Microplastics on a person's hand
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We're All Inhaling Bits Of Microplastic – Where Does It All Go?

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Fungi Eating Plastic In Habitats Made Of Trash Could Help Us Clean The Planetterrestrial plastisphere

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Fungi Eating Plastic In Habitats Made Of Trash Could Help Us Clean The Planetterrestrial plastisphere
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Fungi Eating Plastic In Habitats Made Of Trash Could Help Us Clean The Planet

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