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Microplastics may be able to enter our bodies through skin contact but we breathe in confirmed amounts daily. : Microplastic by 5Gyres is available at https://bit.ly/3WVwL1O CC BY-SA 2.0

There is no escape from them as they are in the air we breathe and in the everyday products we use.

World Environment Day 2023

We ingest plastics every minute of the day

There is no escape from them as they are in the air we breathe and in the everyday products we use.

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Microplastics enter our bodies in various ways with the top contributor being bottled drinking water. : Microbeads plastic particles by MN Pollution Control Agency is available at https://bit.ly/40lIjhC CC BY-NC 2.0

Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging but researchers already have preliminary figures.

World Environment Day 2023

How much plastic are we ingesting?

Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging but researchers already have preliminary figures.

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We are eating, drinking and breathing in increasingly higher amounts of plastic particles which can poison us. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Scientists are warning against grave long-term consequences.

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World Environment Day 2023

The microplastics time-bomb in our bodies

Scientists are warning against grave long-term consequences.

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Malaysian forest management laws are fragmentary but the immediate problem is enforcement. : Regenwald – Rainforest by Jutta M Jenning is available at https://bit.ly/3GmOiel CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Learning from past experience, the government moves to fortify existing legislation to prevent exploitation and destruction of rainforests.

Rights of nature

The need for better protection of Malaysia’s forests

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Flags of Argentina, New Zealand, Chile, and Russia at the ceremonial South Pole. : Amble on Wikimedia Commons

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A group of scientists and other interested parties are asking: Should the Antarctic have its own rights?

Final Frontiers

Antarctica’s possible new world order

Conflict