How much do we really know about microplastics? | Euronews Tech Talks

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The word “microplastics” appeared for the first time in 2004, coined by Richard Thompson, now a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth. Over the past 22 years, microplastics have gained increasing attention, but questions about them still seem to outnumber what we actually know. In this Q&A episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we pose your questions to Heather Leslie, an independent scientist from Amsterdam, and Francesco Regoli, vice rector for research at the Polytechnic University of Marche. Read more: https://www.euronews.com/programs/euronews-tech-talks ⬇️ Always stay informed ⬇️ 👉 Follow all the news on 📲 https://euronews.com 👉 Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/@euronews 👉 Watch our LIVE here: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews/live 🌎 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euronews Twitter: https://twitter.com/euronews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/ 📌 Subscribe to our thematic channels: NoComment: https://www.youtube.com/c/nocommenttv?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Green: http://bit.ly/2sMsaDB Euronews Next: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsNext?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Travel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsTravel?sub_confirmation=1 Download our new app to receive all the latest updates from Europe’s newsroom: https://apps.eur.ws/8HQ4

Published 2026-06-24 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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