microplastics

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A man is taking a plastic container out of the microwave
Health
Greenpeace: “Safe to heat” containers release hundreds of thousands of microplastics
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A woman is getting a wet wipe.
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Netherlands pushes for EU-wide ban on wet wipes containing plastic
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PSV's home stadium, the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven
HealthBusinessTechNatureScienceSports
Dutch authorities investigate contaminated soil from PSV stadium
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Microplastic pollution on a beach
TechNature
Car tires, industrial production the largest sources of microplastics in Netherlands
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Cigarette butts collected during clean-up action, 2023
Politics
Clean-up campaign: Volunteers pick up more than 600,000 cigarette butts
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#NoFiltersPlease spelled out in littered cigarette butts on Dam Square in Amsterdam
Politics
Clean-up campaign: Volunteers pick up cigarette butts across the country
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Microplastic pollution on a beach
NatureCulture
Thousands of volunteers clean up beaches along the Dutch and Belgian coast, Eneco Clean Beach Cup
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People walking past mounds of trash in Nairobi, Kenya
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
NL residents' discarded clothes causing severe plastic pollution in Kenya: study
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Fast fashion
TechScience
Increasing evidence that microplastics in clothes may be harmful to health
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Cows in a stable
HealthFood
Microplastics in milk and meat from Dutch cows, pigs: Amsterdam researchers
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Makeup
BusinessNature
87% of cosmetics contain microplastics