Plastic cookware is commonly found in many kitchens, but alternatives are available. Nontoxic cookware like stainless steel ...

Learn how lung samples from cancer patients contained more microplastics and why the findings cannot establish cause and ...

A 2026 Nature Health study found plastic particles in almost every brain sample tested.

Microplastics are everywhere-even in our own delicate bodies. While plenty of studies have focused on these plastic particles polluting ocean life, what about something closer to home, like our ...

Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even the most remote areas of ...

Microplastics are turning up in food, water, air, and the human body. As research accelerates, here’s what scientists know about potential health effects, everyday exposure, and how to reduce it.

Microplastics are everywhere, including our clothes, our food, our water, and our reproductive systems. Researchers at the ...

It’s become impossible to avoid microplastics; they’re in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the products we use around the house and, yes, even the food we eat. A 2024 scoping review found that ...

North Carolina's attorney general is urging the EPA to require public water systems to test for microplastics, which are ...

Single-use paper cups used for takeout coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic particles when exposed to ...

Nearly 84% of severe heart attack patients had detectable microplastics in their coronary artery blood, with polyethylene found in 97% of cases.

Researchers warn that single-use takeaway cups release millions of microplastic and even smaller 'nanoplastic' particles when exposed to hot liquid.