The public is starting to understand that they can find microplastics in their food, particularly seafood, but exposure from ...

Researchers studying microplastic contamination in common beverages made a startling discovery: Drinks stored in glass bottles contained between five and 50 times the level of microplastics as drinks ...

Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics.

Your kitchen might be spotless, your meals fresh and carefully prepared. Yet something invisible is ending up on your plate.

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One. A plastic microfiber ...

Microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby potentially contributing to climate change, according to a recent study.

An innovative two-layer membrane filtration system from UBCO effectively captures micro and nanoplastics in landfill leachate ...

Despite public focus on seafood, its microplastic content can be lower than other sources, and storing food in plastic or ...

Hong Kong Polytechnic University scientists report that multigenerational exposure to microplastic-contaminated prey reverses natural food preferences in nematodes, revealing a learned attraction to ...

Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...

Microplastics reach polar regions through long-distance ocean currents, atmospheric transport, and migratory species ...