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Microplastic contamination is widespread in the Amazon, now appearing in frog larvae. A new study found high levels of polyester fibers in tadpoles and their breeding ponds.

This discovery highlights the growing reach of plastic pollution in even the most remote freshwater ecosystems.
https://mongabay.cc/pRdFoA

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Study finds microplastics in tadpoles in the Amazon for the first time

Researchers have recorded microplastics in frog tadpoles and their pond habitats in the wild in the Amazon for the first time, according to a new study. This confirms widespread microplastic contamination in the Amazon Rainforest, the researchers say. Previous studies from the region have found microplastic contamination in fish, invertebrates, soil and water samples. […]

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看守台灣協會 2d ago

【我不是長歪，我只是塑膠，？？？】
微塑膠/塑膠微粒會影響嬰幼兒發育，DAMN PLASTIC！😵

2026年3月在 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 發表的一篇報告〈Microplastic exposure and human health risks across the life cycle: a focus on reproduction, development, and aging〉，審理了173篇關於「微塑膠（Microplastic/Nanoplastic）如何影響人體健康」的研究論文，歸納出微塑膠如何從三個層面影響我們的身體：生育系統、發育系統及加速老化。

🔗報告和其它相關連結稍後將更新在留言處

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Secret Agent Peach 6d ago

Public comments are now open for #EPA’s new contaminant candidate list (CCL) which includes #microplastic for the first time! Anyone can comment to let them know how microplastics don’t belong in nature!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06662/drinking-water-contaminant-candidate-list-6-draft

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CSEM 6d ago

We can’t reduce what we can’t measure. ⚠️🌊 @[email protected] ’s #microplastic detector, from the EU-funded H2020 Nautilos project (ec.europa.eu), is now in the EU Mission Ocean & Waters Solutions Library. Tiny particles, better data, smarter action. Will you take the tech forward? [email protected]: bit.ly/49mcdZh

woollypigs Apr 29

I know I posted this over on IG, but the people it needs to reach are mainly over there. If you are on IG please like it to help it reach more.

I just visited Hautacamp and a "Skoda We Love Cycling" plastic sticker on the road is still there and breaking up and bits of it is spread all over this beautiful Pyrenees mountain.

I hope that we can get them to come and clean up what's left and hopefully they will in the future not leave litter like that around.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuM2tjCJon

#WeLoveCycling #TourDeFrance #Cycling #Biketooter #Plastic #Polution #MicroPlastic #Skoda #LeaveNoTrace #PackInPackOut