@adrinux That's one step on the path, and difficult: how to forbid children playing with glitter!
But what we need are laws against microplastics in cosmetics + glitter. Some countries already have such laws (which shows that the companies *can* produce free of micro plastics.)
For the glitter: the #EU banned #microplastic #glitter in 2023, by 2027 #microplastics in #cosmetics. Under pressure, the companies develop alternatives: https://archive.ph/DSgbF
Chewing gum: another way for microplastics to enter your body?
#Health #Microplastics #ChewingGum #HealthRisk #PublicHealth #PlasticPollution #Nanoplastics #ToxicExposure #EnvironmentalHealth #Microplastic #ConsumerAwareness #SustainableLiving
https://the-14.com/chewing-gum-another-way-for-microplastics-to-enter-your-body/
Chewing gum is plastic.
"chemical analysis shows that gum contains styrene-butadiene (the durable synthetic chemical used to make car tyres), polyethylene (the plastic used to make carrier bags and bottles) and polyvinyl acetate (woodglue) as well as some sweetener and flavouring."
https://theconversation.com/chewing-gum-is-plastic-pollution-not-a-litter-problem-251662 #health #microplastic
4/4 Richard Thompson (Plymouth Uni) said the new study added evidence stressing the need for action.“While the predictions may be refined as new data become available,it is clear… that we need to start towards solutions. Ensuring the treaty addresses #microplastic pollution is of key importance”.
#PlasticsTreaty
This pretty much sums up the habits I got from my grandparents. Some of which are habits we should all adopt. Notice how they refer to these as "Odd Behaviors" -- a bit classist, but whatev...
15 Odd Behaviors Only People from Lower Middle-Class Families Will Recognize
"We never throw old towels away as they become rags for cleaning or drying pets. Repurposing items to save money on cleaning supplies can save a reasonable amount of dollars in a year." [And without the #Microplastic pollution from buying plastic cleaning cloths!]
Read more:
https://thefinancekey.com/odd-behaviors-only-people-from-lower-middle-class-families-will-recognize/
#RepairCafes #Reuse #Reduce #Repurpose #SecondHandClothes #SolarPunkSunday #DIY #Leftovers #Degrowth #Deconsumption
"Mother is a verb, and as such there is always something to do, say, or hold."
Sara Michas-Martin for Orion: https://longreads.com/2025/01/29/mother-load/
@CelloMomOnCars #Wool is amazing! And sheep aren't harmed in the process! Way better than #microplastic "#fleece"! (Talk about advertising mavens fleecing the public with #Greenwashing !)
So, unfollow or block me if you will, but this is so true! #Pleather is #Microplastic pollution! Yes, #Leather is made from skin of animals, but IT LASTS! And it doesn't cause microplastic pollution! And it can be tanned sustainably (I've done it with acorns). If animals are going to be killed (and yes, whether for meat or old age, animals will die) -- it's better to utilize them fully rather than use #Plastics!
#ProWool #ProLeather #ProBees
The 5 biggest drivers for extinction are:
* destruction of habitats
* monocultures
* pollution (microplastic, pesticides, heavy metals, forever chemicals, ...)
* climate change
* invasive species
In other words the single biggest driver for extinction is capitalist extractivism and exploitation.
We clear forests to build roads, cultivate monocultures to feed our live stock, burn fossil fuels to power our consumerism and put our waste in the ocean. That destroys the ecosystem, species become extinct or seek refuge somewhere else and become invasive there.
And with "we" I don't mean you or me - I mean the morbidly rich!
I'm not blaming anyone but the 1%. They are the ones that have everything and cause everything.
There are a lot of solutions for this crisis, but we can't realize them without creating a system that prevents morbid abundance.
If the 99% decide to eat less meat, so we don't need so much land for our food - will that really save the rainforests or will it just free up more land for the rich to build more golf courses, factories and AI server farms?
We need to talk about a wealth maximum, an income maximum and an interest maximum. Then we'll realize we don't need endless growth, we don't need exploitation of the 99% and the ecosystem, we won't need 3 full time jobs to 'make a living' and we won't need mindless consumption to numb ourselves in our spare time.
Upping my subscription to the #microplastic distribution network.
Also Les Schwab WiFi blocks #Mastodon and other social media
And I had to argue with them about their stupid rotation policy to get my warranty.
The treads were all at 4/32 except the center because guess who overinflates them. It's them, not me.
Hopefully, I can get the full mileage out of these tires and buy the next set at Costco
New study finds:
#microplastic in 89% of the 36 blood samples (mean 4 MPs/mL)
-mostly polystyrene & polypropylene
-significantly higher levels in participants with a greater use of #plastic food containers
-significant alterations in coagulation markers
https://t.co/sqyoG9yUSh
New insights into Marine Microplastic Pollution
Analysis of data obtained from marine water samples collected from different locations during the 60,000km long global sailing competition, the Ocean...........
#MarineMicroplasticPollution #MarineMicroplastics #microplastic #MicroplasticPollution #ocean #Oceanmicroplastics
SCIEU Team
https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/environment/new-insights-into-marine-microplastic-pollution/
Microplastics are everywhere (and I do mean EVERYWHERE).
It is easy to discard them as inert; after all, microbes have a hard time degrading them.
But that is far from reality.
#Microplastic has many detrimental #health impacts, including on memelian #fertility (in both sexes).
https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jat.4510
Everything flows to the ocean, but also might end up on your plate! Mercury contamination exceeds EU health standards in over half of the tuna tins tested by an NGO.
Expect similar results for other contaminants, mostly micro-plastics and PFAS as they get concentrated up the food chain.
25-Sep-2024
Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline
The AWI's #citizenScience project "#Microplastic Detectives" has analyzed 2.2 tons of #sand from German coasts for #microplastics
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1059054 #science #environment #pollution #germany
The price tag for cleaning up the great pacific garbage patch is now set to (roundabout) 7.5 billion US dollars.
Heck, we finally have a realistic estimate!
The Ocean Cleanup LIVE from San Francisco Bay: Cleanup Operations Update
youtube.com/watch?v=Cm1zIQhoa9…
redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=…
#PlasticRain Is the New #AcidRain
Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain.
by Matt Simon
June 12, 2020
"Hoof it through the national parks of the western United States—Joshua Tree, the #GrandCanyon, Bryce Canyon—and breathe deep the pristine air. These are unspoiled lands, collectively a great American conservation story. Yet an invisible menace is actually blowing through the air and falling via raindrops: #Microplastic particles, tiny chunks (by definition, less than 5 millimeters long) of fragmented plastic bottles and microfibers that fray from clothes, all #pollutants that get caught up in Earth’s atmospheric systems and deposited in the #wilderness.
"Writing in the journal Science, researchers report a startling discovery: After collecting #rainwater and air samples for 14 months, they calculated that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic particles fall into 11 protected areas in the western US each year. That’s the equivalent of over 120 million plastic water bottles.
"'We just did that for the area of protected areas in the West, which is only 6 percent of the total US area,' says lead author Janice Brahney, an environmental scientist at Utah State University. 'The number was just so large, it's shocking.'
"It further confirms an increasingly hellish scenario: Microplastics are blowing all over the world, landing in supposedly pure habitats, like the #Arctic and the remote #FrenchPyrenees. They’re flowing into the #oceans via #wastewater and tainting #deepsea #ecosystems, and they’re even ejecting out of the water and blowing onto land in sea breezes. And now in the American West, and presumably across the rest of the world given that these are fundamental atmospheric processes, they are falling in the form of plastic rain—the new acid rain.
"Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain, which is a consequence of #SulfurDioxide and #NitrogenOxide emissions. By deploying #scrubbers in power plants to control the former, and catalytic converters in cars to control the latter, the US and other countries have over the last several decades cut down on the #acidification problem. But microplastic has already corrupted even the most #RemoteEnvironments, and there’s no way to scrub water or land or air of the particles—the stuff is absolutely everywhere, and it’s not like there’s a plastic magnet we can drag through the oceans. What makes plastic so useful—its hardiness—is what also makes it an alarming pollutant: Plastic never really goes away, instead breaking into ever smaller bits that infiltrate ever smaller corners of the planet. Even worse, plastic waste is expected to skyrocket from 260 million tons a year to 460 million tons by 2030, according to the consultancy McKinsey. More people joining the middle class in #EconomicallyDeveloping countries means more #consumerism and more #PlasticPackaging. "
Read more:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
