Nanoplastics

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An international team of researchers has developed a breakthrough microscopic technique that can detect minute particles of plastic in bottled water that can pass into human blood, cells and the placenta. (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Bottled water in US found to contain miniscule pieces of plastic

Nanoplastics are the ‘spawn of microplastics that have broken down even further’, researchers said

Sheree Bega

A Gauteng firm is using bioplastics to limit microplastics

Humans eat, drink and breathe in tens of thousands of micro- and nanoplastics, but research into the effects on health is limited

Boitumelo Kgobotlo