The mounting misgivings over microplastics

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this edition of The Naked Scientists, what threat do microplastics pose to our health, and the health of the planet? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.2	Absolutely genius.
0:04.1	Get this.
0:04.8	Welcome.
0:05.0	Welcome.
0:05.9	This is the show where we bring you...
0:07.2	Science.
0:07.7	What that essentially means is...
0:09.2	Discovery is...
0:09.8	Advances.
0:10.8	Research.
0:11.5	Technology.
0:12.4	Unbelievable.
0:13.3	Without further ado, this is the naked scientists.
0:17.0	Hello, welcome to the naked scientists podcast,
0:19.9	the show where we bring you the biggest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:24.2	With me, Chris Smith.
0:25.7	And this week, what threat do microplastics pose to our health and the health of the planet?
0:32.1	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:46.2	Plastic pollution has led to an explosive rise in tiny, pervasive particles,
0:52.3	dubbed micropastics and nanoplastics,
0:54.7	which have infiltrated biological and even geological systems across the planet.
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