Texas Is Poisoning Its Own Bays with Microplastics

Scientists make disturbing discovery about new threat affecting oceans: 'It's millions and millions of metric tons of this stuff'

If you've ever heard of microplastics in the ocean, you may have imagined small bits of plastic floating on the surface of the water. Unfortunately, this isn't quite the right picture. A recent global survey found that microplastics — invisible to the eye — penetrate the entire oceanic column, from the surface to the sea floor. What's happening? While researchers initially expected microplastics to either sink or float, accumulating at the surfa…

Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says - Inside Climate News

The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist’s landmark legal victory over plastic pollution, one of many such research projects.By Dylan BaddourA recent study found surprisingly low levels of harmful microplastics in the sediments of Texas bays that are notorious for plastic pollution. This led researchers from the University of Texas at Austin to conclude the microplastics were be…

Texas is poisoning its own bays with microplastics

Polluting microplastics harm ecosystems and the organisms that rely on them

Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says

The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist's landmark legal victory over plastic pollution, one of many such research projects. By Dylan Baddour A recent study found surprisingly low levels of harmful microplastics in the sediments of Texas bays that are notorious for plastic pollution. This led researchers from the University of Texas at Austin to conclude the microplastics were …

Mexico occupies the seventh world place in plastic production, which highlights the urgent need to create more stringent and committed policies TAMARA FIERRO/PORTAVOZ Every year, the individual consumption of plastics reaches alarming figures; one person can get to use up to 200 bottles, however, it would be nice to hear that, the final destination of these wastes, is recycling, however, the reality is another. Most of these wastes reach rivers,…