Microplastics are turning up in oceans, soil, drinking water, and human tissue. Learn where they come from, why they matter, ...

From takeout containers and tea bags to bottled water, gum, and even cheese, these were the most-read microplastic stories of ...

Switching from plastic to glass food containers is an easy step to cut down on your microplastic exposure. But just because we hear that microplastics are everywhere, it doesn’t mean we can’t—and ...

A new study published in the journal Global Change Biology has revealed that tiny fiddler crabs-which grow no bigger than ...

The scientists re-upped calls for more research into how these plastics affect our health. New evidence suggests the number of tiny plastic particles in our brains and livers may accumulate over time, ...

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Plastic is unavoidable in today's world. We wear clothes made of it, encase our food in it, and fill our homes with it. The benefits of the omnipresent material are clear: It's cheap to create, ...

To track the course of inhaled microplastics and their even smaller counterparts, nanoplastics, the study authors constructed a detailed computer model of the human respiratory system from the nose to ...

New findings are raising concerns about how the tiniest particles, microplastics and nanoplastics, might be damaging one of your most vital organs. Researchers at UC Davis found that ingesting ...

Microplastics are everywhere and in everything, including humans – and that’s not a good thing. Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope ...

Scientists are working hard to understand the impact of microplastic pollution in the environment and in human bodies. The research requires identifying and analyzing types of microplastics particles, ...