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New research conducted by Greenpeace International has found an alarming amount of microplastics in Nestlé and Danone baby food sold in plastic pouches. The microplastics were present in every sample analysed, that suggests the packaging may be the contaminating source. Greenpeace has issued a report, “Tiny Plastics, Big Problem: The Hidden Risks of Plastic Pouches for Baby Food”, detailing...

Each year, a land area larger than China is used to produce food that will be lost along food supply chains. This also means wasting water, energy and effort that goes into growing, transporting and preparing it, while adding to climate pressures. The good news is that this is something we can all help change. From shopping mindfully to composting what’s left, here are some simple actions that...

A 2019 study in McGill University in Montreal, Canada found that a single plastic teabag steeped in boiling water can release 11.6 billion microplastics (fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm in length) and 3.1 billion nanoplastics (extremely small pieces or particles of plastic). People who drink tea could thus be repeatedly dosing themselves with billions of plastic particles, some...