15 May 2025
Image description: Plastic items littered on a beach with waves in the background. Researchers at the Amber Centre in Trinity College have revealed “the stress” applied in making everyday products such as plastic bottles and containers that causes them to shred micro-plastic particles, ending up in the environment and bodies. When factories mould plastics […]
27 Mar 2025
Image description: Blue car sharply turning, spraying mud and water. Photo by Nikky Almon / Pexels. Data obtained by ENDS through Freedom of Information legislation has revealed the locations of outfalls which are classed in the National Highway’s Water Quality Plan as having a potentially ‘high risk’ or ‘very high risk’ of channelling polluted […]
31 Mar 2022
Microplastics found in human blood for first time Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the people tested, the Guardian has reported. The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. The impact on […]