Microplastics

Researchers at the University of Missouri college of engineering have designed a filter to fit on standard faucets with the goal of removing lead and microplastics.

The Living Lands and Waters' Mississippi River Institute floating classroom will be in the St. Louis region until the fall to educate young people and host meetings related to the river.

Could whale baleen filter microplastics out of water like they filter plankton? What if microbes could be engineered to create a plastic alternative? Scientists are asking these questions in St. Louis labs.

The St. Louis University team discovered microplastics in water and sediment in a cave that had been mostly closed to humans for 30 years.

Missouri waters are polluted with microplastics, small pieces of plastic smaller than a pencil eraser. Microplastics can come from large pieces of plastic…