Uptake of microplastics on the rise – especially in Southeast Asia

Recent studies explore uptake pathways of microplastics; uptake has increased in recent years; rapidly industrializing Southeast Asian ...

Study maps human uptake of microplastics across 109 countries

Southeast Asian countries top the global per capita list of dietary uptakes of microplastics, while China, Mongolia and the United Kingdom ...

Southeast Asia tops global intake of microplastics--study

Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines ingest the most microplastics among 109 countries, according to a ...

Marine microplastics in the ASEAN region: A review of the current ...

Microplastic particles are evident along many shorelines around the world. These plastics are washed up on beaches and can accumulate especially ...

Microplastic Human Dietary Uptake from 1990 to 2018 Grew across ...

Amid rapid industrial growth, Indonesia tops the global per capita MP dietary intake at 15 g monthly. In Asian, African, and American countries, including China ...

Plastic waste and microplastic issues in Southeast Asia - Frontiers

The flow of PE from Hong Kong to China is particularly prominent, with a record of 46.2%, while the USA, Japan, and European countries exported ...

Microplastics in Food - How Much? - Plastics Engineering

Mapping Microplastic Uptake ... From 1990 to 2018, the global microplastics (MP) uptake increased more than six-fold in countries like China and ...

Microplastic pollution Southeast Asia urgent solutions needed

Microplastic pollution on the rise: Urgent solutions needed in Southeast Asia ... Tiny bits of plastic, called microplastics, are causing big ...

South Asian diet swamped with microplastics; China, Mongolia ...

A new study has shown that Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines top the global per capita list of dietary intakes of ...

Microplastics: A Real Global Threat for Environment and Food Safety

The remarkable increase in global use of face masks, which mainly contain polypropylene, and poor waste management have led to worsening microplastic pollution, ...

Microplastics in mangroves with special reference to Asia

Mangrove plants can accumulate microplastics in their roots, stem and leaves through absorption, adsorption and entrapment helping in reducing abundance of ...

(PDF) Microplastic Human Dietary Uptake from 1990 to 2018 Grew ...

In Asian, African, and American countries, including China and the United States, airborne and dietary MP uptake increased over 6-fold from 1990 to 2018.

Microplastics from textiles: towards a circular economy for textiles in ...

Awareness is increasing about the presence of microplastics in our seas, land and air — and of their negative effects on ecosystems, animals and ...

Humans Now Ingest Six Times More Microplastics Than In 1990

Researchers attribute high microplastic intake in Southeast Asian countries to seafood-rich diets. Marine life often mistakes plastic for food, ...

Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth ...

Their prevalence is particularly worrisome because these tiny particles are easily mistaken as food by marine life. The smaller the microplastic ...

Effects of Plastic and Waste Pollution on Ocean Communities in the ...

Waste and plastic amounts are especially high in the Asia Pacific Region because of the Global Waste Trade. The Global Waste Trade (GWT) is ...

Microplastics pollution in selected rivers from Southeast Asia

The number of MPs found in urban zones was higher than that of the estuary zones. This demonstrated that the abundance of MPs increases with the ...

Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its ...

Microplastic pollution was also observed in the west region of Asia. For example, a low abundance of microplastic was recorded in Qatar marine ...

Worldwide distribution and abundance of microplastic: How dire is ...

The majority of the microplastic recorded in the marine environment of Asia were secondary microplastics. China is among the top three biggest producers of ...

Visual Feature | Beat Plastic Pollution - UNEP

Those microplastics can enter the human body through inhalation and absorption and accumulate in organs. Microplastics have been found in our lungs, livers, ...