Plastic contamination ‘killing the human race’

Environment

New research uncovers microplastics in every corner of the planet Plastic contamination will have a “catastrophic” effect on human health unless urgent action is taken, according to experts. The warning comes as analysis of seawater collected during the Volvo Ocean Race, an extreme round-the-world sailing event, “proved conclusively that plastic pollution has spread to every…

Turn the tide on plastic before it’s too late

Environment

Dead whales and turtles washed up on beaches with plastic in their stomachs; an alarming rise in prostate and testicular cancers among men… The environment is in a mess owing to human activity worldwide and it is getting worse. Portuguese doctor Luísa Varela Mirpuri is one of the public faces of the Mirpuri Foundation, launched in 2017 to raise awareness of the problem of plastics in our environment.