So Robert F. Kennedy Jr has decided to investigate microplastics and research ways to remove them from the human body.
The human body. Not, apparently, the environment.
Removing microplastics and nanoplastics from the human body but NOT from the environment would be like removing a cup of water from the ocean and declaring the world dry.
Kimchi probiotic helps remove nanoplastics from the intestine.
A bacterium isolated from kimchi can bind to nanoplastics in the intestine and increase their elimination through feces, a Korean study suggests.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/en/kimchi-probiotic-nanoplastics-excretion-intestine/
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Microplastics and nanoplastics in urban air originate mainly from tire abrasion, research reveals https://phys.org/news/2026-03-microplastics-nanoplastics-urban-air-abrasion.html
#environment #plastic #microplastics #nanoplastics #PlasticPollution #tires
Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion.
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