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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026

Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution

Microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory. Photograph: David Kelly/Photograph David Kelly

Microplastics particles found in human blood for first time

Researchers are concerned as microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory and air pollution particles are already known to enter the body and cause millions of early deaths a year

Tourists gather on the Kuakata beach of the Bay of Bengal in Patuakhali on Friday. Hotels and motels in the area opened on July 1 after more than four months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: TBS

6,000 crabs die per day in Kuakata during tourist season: Report

Photo: Microplastics

Up to 3 billion microplastics flow into Bay of Bengal everyday

 Long-distance movements of the plastics enable the microbes to move from one ecosystem to another and act as a potential reservoir of invasive species. Photo: Bloomberg

The plastisphere: Colonised microbial hitchhikers and ecological food chain

Photo: Collected

Covid-19 wastes worsen plastic pollution: UNCTAD

Plastic and other debris are seen on the shores of Cap Haitian beach, in Cap Haitian, Haiti October 9, 2018/ Reuters

Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040: study

Discarded plastic cups, bottles and others litter the bank of the Padma, destroying much of its beauty. The photo was taken recently. TBS Photo

Discarded plastics ruining Padma bank environment

Members of ToB brought back 550 kg plastic trash from St. Martin's Island. Photo: ToB

Eliminating plastic trash: How the youth are showing the way

Plastic cups damaging Mymensingh environment

Plastic cups damaging Mymensingh environment

A resting loggerhead sea turtle. Photo: Wikimedia

Sea turtles may confuse the smell of ocean plastic with food

Plastic waste is seen on River Tisza near Tiszafured, Hungary, October 1, 2019/ Reuters

Dutch foundation launches project to tackle river plastic pollution

Photo of plastic water bottles/ collected

Drowning in plastic

US President Donald Trump/ Reuters

Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better

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