This Everyday Kitchen Habit Could Be Quietly Affecting Your Food More Than You ThinkYour kitchen cutting board poses hidden risks. Plastic boards shed microplastics, potentially harming food and health. Wooden boards can tr...
13 Apr, 2026, 04.43 PM IST
Microplastics in India’s agriculture: A growing problem demanding urgent actionA new roadmap by NAAS emphasises national monitoring, improved waste management, and biodegradable alternatives to combat the growing crisi...
11 Apr, 2026, 06.52 PM IST
Love tea? Your daily brew could be serving up billions of micro- and nanoplasticsRecent studies reveal that steeping tea bags in boiling water releases billions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles. These tiny plast...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
That couch or toaster could be risky — study finds health hazards at homeA University of Birmingham study indicates that most indoor microplastics in settled dust arrive from synthetic fibers and fragments, like ...
23 Sep, 2025, 11.43 PM IST
Your food packaging may be feeding you plastic — even that tea bag could be a culpritResearch reveals food packaging releases plastic particles. Microplastics contaminate common foods and drinks. Opening packages, cartons, o...
26 Jun, 2025, 09.57 PM IST
Glass bottles for beer, soda, and even water found to contain 'toxic' levels of cancer-linked microplastics than plastic bottles, study saysA French study reveals a surprising finding. Drinks in glass bottles have more microplastics than plastic or metal containers. The source i...
20 Jun, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
US company warns about plastic contamination in ice creams and frozen yogurt. Check affected brands and statesWells Enterprises has voluntarily recalled approximately 18,000 units of Blue Bunny and Halo Top ice cream and frozen yogurt due to potenti...
18 May, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Health emergency: Human brain becoming a plastic storehouse, linked to dementia surge in US; current situation and precautionary measuresScientists have found microplastics in human brains. The study links these plastics to a rise in dementia cases in the United States. Resea...
17 May, 2025, 01.57 PM IST
Plastic plague reaches Antarctica: Are we past the point of no return?Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered microplastics in Antarctic snow near remote glaciers. This breakthrough reveal...
08 Feb, 2025, 07.01 PM IST
FSSAI launches project to address microplastic contamination in Indian food productsFSSAI launched a project to tackle microplastic contamination in food, starting in March. The initiative involves collaboration with key re...
18 Aug, 2024, 04.13 PM IST
Eat out of takeaway containers or drink from plastic bottles? You are unknowingly ingesting microplastics dailyOn average, humans take in 0.1-5 g of microplastics weekly through various pathways.
06 Feb, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
In a first, DPCC to study microplastics pollution in River Yamuna, Delhi's soil, foodThe river water and the adjacent soil are contaminated with various pollutants, including heavy metals. In this study, the effects of seaso...
19 Dec, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
IIT Guwahati researchers develop hollow fiber membrane to remove micro-plastics from seawaterProf. Kaustubha Mohanty and Dr. Senthilmurugan Subbiah, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, have recently published the resul...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain24 Jun, 2020, 11.20 PM IST
Microplastics pose macro challenge for sea mammals06 Jun, 2019, 11.06 PM IST
You are eating plastic in salt, finds IIT-Bombay studyThe study revealed that Indians are consuming about 117 micrograms (0.117 milligrams) of microplastic annually if the average person has a ...
04 Sep, 2018, 12.30 PM IST
More microplastics on Maharashtra, Karnataka beaches than Goa: studyDuring the study, researchers found significant variations in the distribution pattern of plastic contaminants on different beaches of Maha...
22 Mar, 2018, 12.43 PM IST