How to Use microplastic in a Sentence

microplastic

noun
  • Toxins in our environment, such as microplastics, could also be a contributing factor.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The lawsuit comes as a growing body of research shows the harmful effects microplastics have on the environment and within human bodies.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Think about what happens when plastic is incinerated — the burning releases pollutants like microplastics.
    Sophia Perez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The patch is made of both bigger pieces of debris and microplastics.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • In half of the brands tested, researchers found more than 1,000 pieces of microplastic per liter.
    Joseph Winters / Grist, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
  • Meanwhile, the tiny fibers shed from polyester clothes are called microplastics.
    Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 13 June 2024
  • The threat of microplastics to D.C. drinking water is not clear.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • And this is clearly showing that microplastic is going into the sea and back out of the sea.
    Sara Harrison, Wired, 13 Apr. 2021
  • From the microplastics in our blood, to the plastic bottles clogging our oceans and beaches, to the oil and gas drilling used to make plastic.
    Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • The findings confirm a 2019 study that detected microplastics in Lake Tahoe for the first time.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • And as for microplastics, keep an eye out for evolving research.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
  • Similar to the 2018 IIT Bombay study, the researchers found microplastics in all the salt samples.
    Sharmila Vaidyanathan, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Instead of floating into the ocean, most microplastics are captured — and remain — in the bay.
    Karen Hendricks, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • The most common microplastic was PET, which is often used to make plastic bottles and caps.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022
  • Very small pieces, called microplastics, can easily make their way up the food web to humans from fish and other seafood.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • For example, the cities of Europe seem to be seeding the Arctic with microplastic.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 11 June 2020
  • The heart tissues of cardiac surgery patients were found to be embedded with at least nine kinds of microplastics.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The human testicle samples had nearly three times the amount of microplastics as the canine samples, the study found.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • Based on the size, these particles are classified as macro, meso and microplastics.
    Sharmila Vaidyanathan, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2023
  • While eating fish is a key component of the Mediterranean diet, some fish can be high in mercury and microplastics.
    Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 11 Apr. 2023
  • For humans, the ubiquity of microplastics emerged with the first reports of plastics in drinking water in 2017.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Some areas of research include microplastics, microalgae, and creatures that live on the bottom of the lake.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.
    Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
  • What too is the cost to the environment when rain and water used to clean the fields carry microplastics and PFAS into our sewers, oceans and drinking water?
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
  • But research into how microplastics affect the human body is still in its early stages.
    Adriana Perez, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
  • These initial findings were later used to track microplastics' flow in other hotspots.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2023
  • To date, there is little federal oversight in the United States on microplastics, let alone on nanoplastics.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • One recent study showed that exposure to microplastics through drinking water over the course of three weeks caused cognitive changes in mouse brains.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Mohanty said one of the biggest sources of microplastics in wastewater was washing machines.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Sludge applied to fields turns out to be a major source of microplastics corrupting the environment.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024

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