Browsing by Subject "microplastic pollution"

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    • BFAR: Deep study needed for fish 'microplastics' 

      Angeles, Vivienne (Daily Tribune, February 3, 2024, on page B15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday appealed to researchers in the country to conduct a deeper probe on the effects of microplastics in fisher following a recent study by the Department of Science and ...

    • Blue whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day - study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, November 3, 2022, on page 5)
      Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world's largest animal than previously thought. ...

    • DOST alarmed by microplastics found in bangus 

      de Villa, Kathleen (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2024, on page A6)
      About 60 percent of particles pulled out from bangus (milkfish) samples in Butuan City and Nasipit in Agusan del Norte province were confirmed to have concentrations of microplastics — an alarming discovery that should ...

    • The macro-scale nightmare of microplastics 

      Kritz, Ben (The Manila Times, May 16, 2023, on page A4-A5)
      Last week, two scientists from Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology shared the results of a study they conducted in December 2021, which showed that there are microplastics in the air in all 17 cities ...

    • Microplastics 'up in the air' – scientists 

      Cua, Aric John (The Manila Times, May 14, 2023, on page A3)
      Two scientists from Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology already have devised a study to suggest that microplastics are up in the air, particularly in Metro Manila. "There are studies that reveal there ...

    • 'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body. 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, July 4, 2022, on page 5)
      From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies — with uncertain implications. Images of plastic pollution have ...

    • 'They're everywhere:' microplastics in oceans, air, and human bodies 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 4, 2022, on page B4)
      From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies—with uncertain implications. Images of plastic pollution have ...