When Merle Liivand first started swimming with a monofin to help with her breaststroke practice, she never could have imagined it would one day lead her to becoming a Guinness World record holder – and an eco-friendly ‘mermaid.’
The monofin the 32-year-old frequently wears binds her feet together to form one fin and is shaped in such a way that, if seen in the fog, it might just convince an old sea captain that mermaids were real. In April, the Estonian native set a new world record for the furthest swim while wearing a monofin – swimming 31.3 miles around Biscayne Bay, Miami, in 14 hours and 15 minutes. It’s a record she first set in 2019 when she swam 10 kilometers in California.
3 million tons. In 2022, a new study published in Environmental International confirmed that microplastics had been found in human blood for the first time. The researchers found quantifiable levels of plastics in over three-quarters of blood samples in the study – in half of the samples, PET plastic was found which is used in the production of plastic bottles. This type of plastic could have entered the bloodstream through various ways such as air, water, food or personal care products.
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