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Matt Rife vs Plastic Surgeon; Why Is Everyone Coughing? Running-Induced Crying
Pop Medicine > Pop Medicine — Healthcare social media content from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff by Gillian Booth, Social Media Editor, MedPage Today ; Katie Smith, Social Media Assistant, MedPage Today November 30, 2023 The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. In a
Countries Pave the Way to End Plastic Pollution
Officials from 175 countries agreed yesterday to craft a global treaty over the next two years with the aim of ending plastic pollution. The final treaty could be a game-changer for lands and oceans awash in plastic bottles and packaging. Castoff plastics choke and entangle animals, are ingested by people as tiny particles in food,…
Plastic Snowfall in the Alps – Nanoplastics Permeate the Environment
By Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) February 1, 2022 Teamwork: Scientists ascending to the research station in the Hohe Tauern National Park. Credit: ZAMG/Niedermoser In a new study, Empa researcher Dominik Brunner, together with colleagues from Utrecht University and the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, is investigating how much…
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and veg
No more plastic bags and packaging for many fruits and veg in France. A ban on the use of plastic to package a range of fruit and vegetables came into force in France on Saturday, to the dismay of the sector's packaging industry. Environmentalists have long campaigned against single-use plastics as pollution worsens globally while…