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The Natural View: The Fight Against Microplastics with 1 Life Science

Explore the prevalence of microplastics in our environment, and the impacts they may have on health.

December 6, 2025

What are microplastics? How are we exposed? Once exposed, what can be done? Tune in for answers to these questions and more:

The Senator Versus the Pesticide Industry

Over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States each and every year, while approximately 5.6 billion pounds are used worldwide.

March 27, 2023

Scott C. Tips

Over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States each and every year, while approximately 5.6 billion pounds are used worldwide.

Bottled Water Contaminated with Microplastics, Study Shows

March 16, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

According to the BBC, the World Health Organization is launching an investigation into the potential risks of consuming plastics that contaminate drinking water after a report from Orb Media found that bottles of drinking water were contaminated with particles of plastic. Their study included 250 bottles across 11 brands bought...

Microplastics: The Importance of Recycling Revisited

March 28, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Polluting the shores of all five continents as well as lakes and rivers around the globe, microplastics are tiny pieces of debris formed from the degradation of plastic. Scientists have expressed increasing concern over the potential threat to aquatic systems and public health by the accumulation of these microparticles. Here,...