You’re probably drinking microplastics with your bottled water. According to a new study, bottled water has surprisingly high levels of microplastics. That might endanger human health. This post from Futurism highlights how discarded plastic bottles breaking down into microplastics, in water everywhere, pose a huge problem. You already know how bad plastic bottles are for the ... Continue Reading
This Rare Fungus is The Answer to Plastic Pollution
Rare plastic-eating mushrooms could save the world by tackling plastic pollution. This post from Modern Farmer highlights how scientists are figuring out ways to ply these rare fungi to clean up the plastic waste. Here’s a quick exercise in despair. No one knows quite how long it takes plastic to break down in the environment. It could be anywhere from hundreds to thousands of ... Continue Reading