While scientists aren't entirely sure how microplastic consumption affects human health on a wide scale, recent research has revealed that plastic pollution can influence the survival of viruses in ...

Intestinal viruses such as rotavirus were found to be infectious for up to three days by attaching to microplastics, research shows Dangerous viruses can remain infectious for up to three days in ...

Michiel Vos, a microbiologist at the University of Exeter in England, had sunk five different types of plastic as a test. He ...

Polypropylene, the microplastic mentioned in the Facebook ... the risk of inhaling particles (such as plastic particles, viruses, and other unknown particles). This is critical in the event ...

Viruses on their own are not ‘alive’ in ... Mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest levels of microplastic contamination among seafood, a new study reveals. The research ‒ led by ...

Researchers tested two types of viruses those with an envelope ... Researchers said that this microplastic came predominantly from packaging and while its impact on health is being studied ...

MICROPLASTICS, small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in size, are everywhere. They have penetrated our food chain. Even the deepest part of the oceans has ...

Nearly half of these cases were in Europe, including over a quarter in the UK. Usually, childhood hepatitis is caused by an infection from one of the hepatitis viruses (such as hepatitis A or ...

While scientists aren't entirely sure how microplastic consumption affects human health on a wide scale, recent research has revealed that plastic pollution can influence the survival of viruses ...

Biofilms on marine plastics can also harbor parasites, viruses, and toxic algae ... between parasites and plastics outside the lab. That microplastic pollution appears to be a breeding ground ...