Five Trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year. Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets. Watch further to know more.

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Scientists have found microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctica snow for the first time, which they said has the potential to influence the climate by accelerating melting of ice.

WION Climate Tracker: Microplastics found in fresh Antarctica snow for first time

For the first time, scientists have found microplastics in breast milk, raising concerns over potential health risks for infants. Microplastics, as the name implies, are tiny plastic particles which are less than five millimetres (0.

Microplastics detected in human breast milk for first time, scientists startled

In a shocking discovery, microplastics have been detected in breast milk for the first time. The presence of microplastics in breast milk has raised concerns.

Microplastics in breast milk raise concerns over infant's health

A new study conducted by the University of Eastern Finland has shown that microplastics are easily climbing the food chain through both plants and animals. The study says that plants suck synthetic contaminants up from the soil and animals or insects munching on those greens get their fill of nanoplastics.

Microplastics climbing food chain through both plants and animals, says study

In the Netherlands, scientists at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) have found microplastic particles in beef and pork for the first time. They also found particles in the blood of cows and pigs on farms, UK-based media outlet, The Guardian, reporting referring to a study.

Researchers detect microplastics in meat, milk and blood of farm animals

Microplastics discovered in the blood stream of farm animals, raising concerns about the tiny plastic fragments contaminating packaged beef and pork.

WION Climate Tracker: Microplastics: Now in our meat, milk & blood

Viruses can remain alive in fresh water for around three days by hitchhiking on plastics, said researchers. The viruses, which cause diarrhoea or stomach upsets, were found to be able to survive in water by attaching with microplastics, the experts said.

Viruses can stay alive in fresh water for three days by attaching to microplastics, says study

A tiny robot-fish has been designed by scientists to remove microplastics from oceans. This 13-mm-long fish will swim around and adsorb the microplastics through its body.

13-mm-long robot-fish designed by scientists to ‘eat’ microplastics in oceans

In an alarming development, microplastics have been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica for the first time. This is concerning as it could accelerate the melting of the snow and ice which would disrupt the continent's unique ecosystems

Microplastic found in fresh snowfall in Antarctica

After making its presence felt in human lungs and blood, microplastics seem to have breached another frontier. It has been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica, media reports said.

Is it a warning? Microplastics breach another frontier, now found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica

After reports of microplastics being present in Human blood, new reports suggest that they are present in human lungs as well.

After blood, Microplastics found in human lungs now

In another glaring discovery, microplastics have been detected in human lungs by scientists. This has happened for the first time. Earlier, microplastics were found in human blood in another research.

After blood, presence of microplastics detected in human lungs

Scientists take research trips on the Brazilian coast as studies indicate traces of microplastics in marine life. Plastic inside animals alarms biologists.

Microplastics found in Marine life: Scientists take research trips on the Brazilian coast

A new study has found that babies have 10-20 times more microplastics in them than adults. How are microplastics getting inside babies? How do they affect their health? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Study finds babies are full of microplastics

Scientists have developed a new way to remove polluting microplastics from the environment and they are trusting bacteria for this task. Bacteria naturally form a group and stick to surfaces, creating an adhesive substance called "biofilm".

Bacteria can be the answer to remove microplastics from environment

For the first time, researchers have found microplastic particles in the human placenta, an organ that creates in the uterus during pregnancy, of unborn children unexpectedly, which as indicated by them is "a matter of extraordinary concern.

Microplastics found in the placentas of unborn babies for first time

We all love to get our coffee or tea as takeaways and have it while travelling or working, and the 'to-go' paper cups with plastic lids have made our lives easier.

Drinking tea, coffee from paper cups can increase chances of cancer: Indian research

A Japanese man decided to find a solution to the plastic problem by making "edible" plastic to protect his town's sacred deer. Also Read | Bottle-fed babies consume 1.

Now, Japanese man in Nara develops 'edible' plastic bag to save deer population

According to researchers, bottle-fed babies have been consuming more than a million pieces of microplastics each day. Also Read: Enzyme eats plastic 6 times faster The researchers in Ireland found that at an average bottle-fed babies consumed 1.

Bottle-fed babies consume 1.6 million microplastic particles each day: Study

Microplastics are a global concern, with new reports emerging everyday of how such small particles are killing aquatic life, and also threatening ecosystems around the globe.

Researchers recently found microplastics in every human tissue they studied

Microplastics contained in drinking water pose a "low" risk to human health at current levels, but more research is needed to reassure consumers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Studies over the past year on plastic particles detected in tap and bottled water have sparked public concerns but the limited data appear reassuring, the UN agency said its first report on potential health risks associated with ingestion.

Plastic particles in drinking water present 'low' risk - WHO

How the menace of microplastics has gripped the entire world. even the arctic snow is not free of microplastics.

WION Gravitas: Microplastics in Arctic snow!

Study proves that the air is filled with microplastics. Watch this video to know more.

WION Fineprint: Study proves that the air is filled with microplastics

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