Microplastics are turning up in oceans, soil, drinking water, and human tissue. Learn where they come from, why they matter, ...

Switching from plastic to glass food containers is an easy step to cut down on your microplastic exposure. But just because we hear that microplastics are everywhere, it doesn’t mean we can’t—and ...

We hear it more often now. Those tiny particles that scientists can't stop talking about. They're in our water, in our air, probably even in our bloodstream right this second. Microplastics have ...

This plant-based plastic is as strong as traditional petroleum-based plastic, but its properties can be tailored to suit ...

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The scientists re-upped calls for more research into how these plastics affect our health. New evidence suggests the number of tiny plastic particles in our brains and livers may accumulate over time, ...

The researchers say the new carboxymethyl cellulose supramolecular plastic, dubbed CMCSP, is as strong as conventional ...

To track the course of inhaled microplastics and their even smaller counterparts, nanoplastics, the study authors constructed a detailed computer model of the human respiratory system from the nose to ...

Seafood is just one type of food that's more likely to contain micrplastics. "There is no officially established 'safe' or 'unsafe' level of microplastic intake. It makes sense to want your exposure ...

Microplastics are everywhere and in everything, including humans – and that’s not a good thing. Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope ...

The Kozhikode based Universal Karmic Foundation, a public charitable organization working in the field of environmental ...