Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to ...

New research suggests a probiotic strain in kimchi may help flush out nanoplastics, but we have more to learn.

Products from Nestlé Gerber and Danone were recently found to contain microplastics. But how can food companies keep ...

His framing is that people may be encountering these materials from "morning to night" without noticing, partly because they ...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, have become so pervasive that they are detectable in ...

"A very challenging problem that cannot be solved without collaboration among experts from different fields." ...

Scientists say the technology could eventually be integrated into wastewater treatment plants to capture particles that often ...

Kitchen sponges release microplastics as they wear down during everyday use, with some sponge types shedding far more than ...

The findings suggest that how packaged foods are stored can affect how many microplastics end up in them over time.

One thing being detected in unborn babies “before they have even eaten their first meal should deeply alarm every family in ...

Microplastics (MP) are the subject of intensive medical research, but little is yet known about their effects on the immune ...

Nadia The Osteopath reveals how microplastics may affect our hormones, especially during perimenopause and menopause. From ...