Microplastics have shifted from an abstract pollution problem in distant oceans to a concrete health issue inside our own ...

Did someone say flower power? It turns out that fruits and flowers could be powerful new allies as we deal with the mounting consequences of exposure to microplastics. The Guardian summarized a new ...

While the face of Earth remains plagued by plastic pollution, a bigger problem has now come to light. What’s worse than plastics is plastics that we cannot see. Microplastics are tiny particles or ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

A new study has reported a staggering amount of microplastics accumulating in our brains. But some scientists have raised doubts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into human brains — with potentially dangerous effects on people’s health and mental acuity. A paper published Monday in Nature Medicine found ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers Health ...

A groundbreaking study from the University of Miami has uncovered an alarming presence of microplastics in human reproductive tissue, adding to growing concerns about environmental contamination and ...

The field of Environmental Science has recently turned its focus towards the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, ...

Plastic recovered from northern fulmars being sorted. (Credit: Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge) This is the second study from a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz and SDZWA to reveal how plastic exposure ...