Ubiquitous and almost invisible, the tiny shards of plastic that are entering the human body through the food we eat could be damaging our brains in multiple ways, experts fear.A team of scientists ...

Plastic pollution is no longer just a story of bottles and bags drifting across the surface of the sea. As larger debris ...

There are microplastics in your food and you don't know it. Here's what you can do about it right now.

Particularly alarming for service members are studies showing that microplastics were present in 99% of post-mortem lung ...

The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, ...

Davar also mentions that, “Some toothpastes still contain microbeads that could lead to exposure [to microplastics].” And ...

Inhalable microplastics threaten air quality and public health in Indian cities, exacerbating pollution's severe impact on ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn aim to improve the cleanliness of wastewater. Water released from washing machines is ...

Plastic gets into the Great Lakes in a variety of ways. Boaters may chuck their refuse overboard, but more likely it blows ...

Even one percent plastic in a sample can distort ocean carbon numbers, making young carbon read as ancient and affecting ...

A research team at the University of Bayreuth has experimentally investigated how the popular climbing discipline of bouldering affects vegetation and the surface structure of natural rock formations.

Researchers have mapped the molecular changes that unfold as sunlight causes plastics to leach dissolved organic matter, ...