Labs are beginning to offer direct-to-consumer tests for detecting microplastics in water. But some experts worry that they won't do much to reduce microplastics exposure.

Industry scientists were aware of the potential risks of microplastics as early as the 1970s, an investigation reveals.

Wake up and smell the coffee — your favorite breakfast foods may be riddled with plastic. Microplastics are ubiquitous in ...

The water around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is turning more cyan, new research shows — a change visible from space.

Standing near your microwave almost certainly won’t give you cancer, but that doesn’t mean the popular kitchen appliance ...

U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) has introduced the Plastics Understanding and Removal through Government ...

Researchers tested six common plastics and found that the materials used in grocery bags and yogurt cups were among the most ...

The waters around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have become lighter in the blue and green spectra over the past two decades. Scientists from the University of Bergen are investigating whether the ...

It’s not just takeout containers and teabags. Microplastics have infiltrated nearly every corner of our lives, including our diets, with Americans estimated to consume thousands of these pesky ...

“Our results showed that microplastics are highly ubiquitous in human semen,” Gaskins said. “The negative association between ...

Some plastic tea bags can steep as much as 555 to 2,498 microplastic particles per cup, according to university researchers ...

Storm events spread microplastics across the environment, even to places that are nearly unreachable. A UC Riverside scientist skied into wilderness far off the beaten path, and found the polluting ...