You Can’t Totally Avoid Microplastics, But These 7 Things Can Help
adamkaz via Getty Images Microplastics are found in plastic containers, water bottles and even in our seafood and tap water. For many people, microplastics and nanoplastics (tiny plastic particles that come from larger and commercial plastics) are terrifying. It seems like news about their harmful effects comes out weekly, along with warnings about the chemicals […]
Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S.
When Nikki Burish, MD, moved from Wisconsin to New York City for her plastic surgery residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, she didn’t know anything about gender-affirming surgery. Toward the end of her residency, she was assigned to a rotation at a Mount Sinai facility in downtown Manhattan where plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jess Ting, MD, […]
Opinion | The Consequences of Stripping a Surgeon’s License for Live-Streaming Procedures
Solomon is a legal analyst. Last week, the State Medical Board of Ohio revoked a plastic surgeon’s medical license due to her live-streaming of surgical procedures on TikTok. The facts of this case make it crystal clear that the Ohio board made the right decision. Katharine Grawe, MD, once widely recognized on TikTok as @doctorroxy […]
Plastic Surgeon Who Livestreamed Procedures on TikTok May Lose License
An Ohio plastic surgeon who livestreamed procedures on TikTok, and who at least 11 patients say caused severe complications from treatment at her clinic and rehab center, is fighting to keep her medical license in hearings this week. Katharine R. Grawe, MD, also known as “Dr. Roxy” on TikTok, had her license suspended in November […]
Visible ocean plastics just the tip of the iceberg: Simulations find the majority of ocean plastics may be on the seafloor or otherwise difficult to monitor, with vastly more plastic waste likely trapped on land
While the billions of tons of plastic products produced in the “Plastic Age” of the last half-century have drastically changed the way we live for the better, the plastic waste that has made it into the environment is posing new challenges for nature. Seeking to simulate the fate of plastics that have made it into […]
Plastic labelling needs ‘sustainability scale’
Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new “sustainability scale” to help consumers, researchers say. Plastic pollution is a growing global problem, with an increasingly complex mix of plastics found everywhere from the Arctic to Mount Everest. Simplistic, unhelpful labelling and low recycling rates even in the best-equipped countries are major barriers […]
Public concern on human health impact of plastic pollution
The impact of marine plastic pollution on human health tops a list of health-related concerns over marine threats in a large scale survey which could help shape policy over how best to protect our oceans. Researchers at the University of Exeter led a survey of more than 15,000 people across 14 European countries, plus Australia, […]
Elastic polymer that is both stiff and tough, resolves long-standing quandary: More sustainable, long-lasting polymer materials could decrease consumption of plastics
Polymer science has made possible rubber tires, Teflon and Kevlar, plastic water bottles, nylon jackets among many other ubiquitous features of daily life. Elastic polymers, known as elastomers, can be stretched and released repeatedly and are used in applications such as gloves and heart valves, where they need to last a long time without tearing. […]
River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution
Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows. Macroplastics — or plastic litter more than 5mm in size — travel much slower through river systems than previously believed, at an average speed of less than 0.01 km per hour, and can remain in place […]