I have written a few features already about the rising tide of plastic waste engulfing our planet. What's new this time is that the microplastics have actually arrived in our bodies and are causing harm to humans not just the environment, and that a global effort is underway to do something about it. So let's hope that this will be a success story like the Montreal protocol, not a 30-year tragedy like the climate summits.
The feature is out now:
Can we end plastic pollution?
Current Biology Volume 34, Issue 8, 22 April 2024, Pages R301-R303
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See also my Mastodon thread where I highlighted all CB features of 2024.
The thread for 2023 is here .
Microplastics are now ubiquitous. They have entered the food chain and thus the human body, where they may increase disease risks. (Photo: The 5 Gyres Institute (CC BY 4.0 Deed).)
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