 | New study links microplastics to serious health harms in humans A recent study suggests the presence of microplastics may increase the risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular problems among people with heart disease. The tiny plastics were found to double the risk of stroke or heart attack. Scientists are finding microplastics in almost every part of the body, including lungs and the stomach, prompting questions about how they may be harmful. www.ewg.org |
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309822
 | Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events | NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine A total of 304 patients were enrolled in the study, and 257 completed a mean (±SD) follow-up of 33.7±6.9 months. Polyethylene was detected in carotid artery plaque of 150 patients (58.4%), with ... www.nejm.org |
 | The History of Plastic Pollution - Ocean Generation How have plastics developed into a major Ocean polluter?. Between the 1970’s and 1990’s, plastic waste generation more than tripled. Realisation hit in the 1970’s: Plastic doesn’t ‘go away’ and it doesn’t break down; it breaks up into smaller and smaller pieces, called microplastics. During this period, there was a significant rise in plastic production too, which resulted in ... oceangeneration.org |
The real environmental crisis's/insects dying-dead zones-aquifers drying up-plastics in the ocean-landfills/trash-over consumption of natural resources-REAL pollution in the air/soil/water-WIND TURBINES (metmike is a PRACTICING environmentalist):
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/27498/
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-commercial-tea-bags-millions-microplastics.html
https://www.newsweek.com/microplastics-infertility-cancer-microscopic-study-pollution-2006310
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THIS IS FOR REAL! It's follows the same physical law/process as cloud seeding with silver iodide!
Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius (9 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than droplets without microplastics.
This suggests that microplastics in the air may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they would not form otherwise.
We are atmosphericchemists who study how different types of particles form ice when they come into contact with liquid water. This process, which occurs constantly in the atmosphere, is called nucleation.
The Earth constantly receives energy from the Sun and reflects it back into space. Clouds have both warming and cooling effects in this process.
NOAA
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https://idwr.idaho.gov/iwrb/programs/cloud-seeding-program/science-behind-cloud-seeding/
