Plastic pollution has moved from oceans and beaches into the most intimate corners of the human body. Tiny fragments of ...
Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries ...
How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body?No one disputes that these mostly invisible pieces of plastic ...
Microplastics are no longer just an environmental issue. Emerging data suggest they could also play a role in cardiovascular disease.
Microplastics have also been found in drinking water, salt, rice, honey and powdered supplements. They leach from teabags and ...
A review study conducted by Brazilian researchers found growing evidence that microplastics can reach and build up in human bone tissue, potentially disrupting bone metabolism. Lab and animal studies ...
Microplastics are everywhere, but new research points to a need to standardize measurements of microparticles.
Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world ...
Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been ...
For decades, we’ve known that plastic pollution is everywhere — in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil beneath our feet. But scientists have now uncovered something far more personal: ...
Life in plastic might be fantastic after all — or at least not as dangerous as we’ve been led to believe. Microplastics are small plastic pieces — less than 5 millimeters long — that typically break ...
Microplastics at the University of Bayreuth have overturned a common scientific assumption in a new study: Microplastic ...