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Wearing clothes leads to more microfiber pollution than washing them: Stud
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 10 (ANI): Wearing clothes can release even greater quantities of microfibres to the environment than washing them, new research shows.
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Study investigates how microplastics harm organisms in coastal areas
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): Microplastics or particles of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters have plagued salt and freshwater environments with their sheer abundance.
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Microplastics turning to be major environmental challenge: study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 9 (ANI): Microplastics are the tiny bits and pieces of plastic that have worked their way into our water systems causing potentially catastrophic conditions for humans and marine life, discovered researchers.
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Microplastics in packaged water within safe limits: Health Minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Food regulator FSSAI's scientific panel has examined the issue of the presence of microplastics in packaged water and found it to be within safe limits, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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