GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – We often hear the word microplastics thrown out, but what exactly are they? Microplastics and ...

One scientist is on a mission to reveal the far-reaching spread of microplastics after kayaking around a remote glacier in ...

Researchers found that natural polymers from these vegetables latch onto microplastics in water, forming bigger clumps that ...

One study showed that chewing a piece of gum for as little as two minutes released microplastics into the mouth. 11 Researchers found that even natural gum had microplastic contamination. So, even if ...

The report studied 40 samples from across Minnesota, and all of them contained at least one form of microplastics.

Some brands of bottled water contain significantly higher levels of microplastics than tap water, according to new research ...

IU Ph.D. student Xinyu Zhang, left, and professor Mark Cheng examine equipment in the lab. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana ...

In one recent study of commercial composts, every single one of the 11 products tested contained microplastics, with cleaner, eco-labeled brands still showing lower but measurable levels.

Even in some of the most isolated corners of the Pacific, plastic pollution has quietly worked its way into the food web. A ...

Microplastics have also been found in drinking water, salt, rice, honey and powdered supplements. They leach from teabags and ...

Microplastics are pervasive, found everywhere on Earth, from the Sahara Desert to patches of Arctic sea ice. Yet despite these plastic particles’ ubiquity, scientists have struggled to determine ...

Traces of microplastics have been detected in a wide range of poultry products, Alexey Tretyakov, deputy director of VGNKI, a ...