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.

Oncologists explain the common cooking habit that puts plastic on your plate.

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

Storm events spread microplastics across the environment, even to places that are nearly unreachable. A UC Riverside ...

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

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

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

Scientists have identified the three top protein sources with the highest levels of microplastic contamination — and found ...

Hydrate without a side of microplastics.

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

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