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Topic: Pollutants

Executive director of Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research uses a stereo scope to examine a sediment sample to identify microplastics within a sample in Long Beach on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. (Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Microplastics in brains are accumulating

Matthew Rozsa
Apple smartwatches kept at display at the new Apple Inc. store in New Delhi, India on April 20, 2023. (Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Forever chemicals in smart watch bands

Matthew Rozsa
Formaldehyde, Hazardous chemicals and symbols on containers, chemical in industry or laboratory (Kittisak Kaewchalun / Getty Images)

Formaldehyde needs better regulations

Sharon Lerner, Al Shaw - ProPublica