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"Reducing microplastic exposure: the four habits we should all be prioritizing"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Reducing microplastic exposure: the four habits we should all be prioritizing | The Optimist Daily
Scientists have found microplastics in human brains, blood, and placentas. Here’s what the research says and the practical steps worth taking.

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds #ocean

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans each year. As larger plastic debris breaks down into microplastics, these tiny particles are transported throughout marine ecosystems by ocean currents, threatening marine life and ultimately entering the human food chain.

Even more reason to stand aside now.
Makerfield by-election LIVE as Green Party candidate apologises for social media posts as he's dropped after 9 hours - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ne

Makerfield by-election LIVE as Green candidate announced to face Burnham
Andy Burnham is bidding to become Makerfield MP

It’s 13 degrees (Centigrade) above average in southern Germany in the middle of June. Radio station is assuring us that El Niño will (edit: not!) affect Germany much. It‘ll affect South America, Asia and India more. The next radio station runs a commercial for cheap flights to the Maldives.
#ThisIsFine #ClimateDiary

More #FreeCADFriday now in Friday in my own time zone. I have a fan that I want to make a table stand for to use outside while operating #HamRadio. First I modeled the fan in a silly amount of detail, including the grill, which took some learning, and I'm still pretty sure I d…

What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract https://phys.org/news/2026-06-microplastics-swallowed-earthworms-digestive-tract.html

What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract
Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to cosmetics packaging, sewage pipes, window frames and polyester clothing, we use plastics in almost every area of life. And nearly one-quarter of them end up in the environment, where they very slowly degrade into microscopic pieces.

Behold, and harken! When I was a wee child, this was my Google.
Its firmware was not upgradable, it needed no charging and was always on.
Dewey, the lord of Decimals, had a system, and it _was_ good.
Encyclopedias were our more formally fact-checked Wikipedia. Microfilm and microfiche the optical technologies we used to access compressed information.
Turn the filmstrip when you hear the beep.

Mit einem #Makroobjektiv sieht man auch schön die feinen Strukturen der Pollenzapfen. 😊
BTW, #Wanderrouten in diesem Bundesland mit GPX-Track findet Ihr unter

There have been some layoffs at #Disney / #Pixar
https://variety.com/2026/fil…

Pixar Layoffs: Animation Studio Hit Hard as Disney Axes Several Hundred Employees
Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

Microplastics in over 75% of pet food, study finds #environment

Microplastics in over 75% of pet food, study finds
Researchers say certain brands and kinds of cat and dog food have more microplastics than others.