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Here’s how it works. You tie or peg a plastic bead that represents a salmon or steelhead egg onto your leader. Three to five inches below that bead, you tie on your hook. When a steelhead grabs the ...

Microbeads are invisible to the naked eye. But their environmental footprint can be huge. Once washed down the drain, these particles can end up in rivers, estuaries and oceans. Here, they can live ...

South Africa is taking a bold step in the fight against plastic pollution with the announcement of a total ban on plastic microbeads, which it describes as “invisible ocean killers.” Forestry, ...

Hundreds of thousands of “nurdles” have washed up on Waiheke’s Oneroa Beach. Video / Dean Purcell, Alyse Wright Hundreds of thousands of plastic beads have washed up on beaches in the Hauraki Gulf.

One of the worries about microplastic particle pollution is the possibility that the particles may accumulate harmful bacteria in the environment, then pass those microbes on to us. Well, that ...

Slip bobbers are generally used in conjunction with live bait, either on a plain hook or on a jig. You want a little weight on the business end of the line so the slip bobber stands erect when your ...

Audio-Technica has announced a new flagship turntable that's clearly desirable – it's made from high-density transparent acrylic, so in the right light it'll look like it's crafted from crystal or ...

New battery-free electricity source: Tiny plastic beads By Michael Franco March 16, 2025 These beads, used for illustrative purposes, are much bigger than the nanobeads in the study, which measure ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Mardi Gras ...

Mardi Gras parades have a reputation for making a lot of trash. But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic beads ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Some Mardi ...