“Plastic spoons are not just well designed, they’re perfect,” says Eckhart. “They are so effective at fulfilling a purpose, which is why they’re so popular around the world.

Your brain may have a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics, study finds By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted February 6, 2025 5:06 pm 4 min read ...

Earlier this year, scientists discovered that there is about as much microplastics in the brain as a whole plastic spoon. The paper, published in Nature Medicine in February, revealed that the ...

Ontario: A plastic spoon's worth of plastic is inside your brain, researchers warned on Tuesday, showing alarming new evidence about microplastic accumulation in human brain tissue. Published in ...

After years of receiving numerous complaints about their plastic spoons littering the beach, Beaches n' Cream, an ice cream spot in the Beaches neighbourhood, say they have finally switched to ...

Researchers have found there's a spoon-sized amount of microplastics in the human brain. And to clarify — that's not a spoonful: It's enough microplastics to form an actual plastic spoon.

On average, the total amount of plastics found in the brain in each of the 2024 samples is about the same amount found in a disposable plastic spoon, say the researchers.

If you need a plastic fork or spoon with your next takeout order, you'll now have to make it clear, under a new city bylaw that took effect on Friday. The single-use and takeway items bylaw ...

Scientists have shown that tiny particles, amounting to the weight of a plastic spoon, can be found in our brains and hundreds of fragments of plastic are in each breath we take.

Nearly a year after McDonald’s ditched the hollow plastic spoon, more changes are coming for the McFlurry. Beginning September 10, the chain is eliminating the plastic, dome-shaped lid and ...

Researchers offer advice about new evidence showing the human brain has alarmingly higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs ...