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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Tropical storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are Earth's most powerful weather systems. Born over warm oceans, ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in ...

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