Silent Threat: Plastic Microbes in Antarctica

Antarctica, considered one of the last bastions of purity on our planet, faces a growing threat from plastic pollution.

Did you know that fish have been eating microplastics since the 1950s... and so have we?

Every week we ingest the equivalent of a credit card's worth of microplastics.

Did you know that one liter of bottled water can contain 250,000 nanoparticles?

Reducing the use of plastics is key to protecting our health and our planet.

Researchers find microplastics in fish from two Ecuadorian Amazon rivers

Microplastics are fragments smaller than five millimeters. They can contain toxic chemicals and absorb pollutants from the environment. Their presence in ecosystems is considered a public health problem.