In one of the world’s first plastics contamination-controlled laboratories, University of Queensland researchers have begun testing blood and tissue samples to develop ways to detect and measure nanoplastics in the human body.
Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, according to research from The University of Queensland and University of Exeter.
Queensland still has high rates of MDMA, cocaine and methyl amphetamine consumption, according to a report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).
