Microplastics have been found in our bodies and the food we eat—and even in remote environments around the world, including ...

Satellites show that the ocean around a gyre of plastic detritus in the Pacific is brightening and changing colour, with the ...

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

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) or smaller, have settled into the skeletons of corals ...

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

For decades, scientists believed that plastics were some of the safest materials around. Now it's clear how flawed that view ...

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

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

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 ...

Ryan is a former 10-term Democratic member of the U.S. Congress from Ohio. Zorn is a senior adviser at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. This month, the Trump administration announced what ...

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

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