The reported releases of microplastics ranged from a few hundred particles to over 8 million particles per liter in a new ...

Microbubbles in the tap water you just poured into a plastic glass are strong enough to create tiny abrasions on the inner ...

Microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic that range from the size of a sesame seed to microscopic particles –are increasingly showing up in our oceans, air and on our dinner plates, and this has ...

Did someone say flower power? It turns out that fruits and flowers could be powerful new allies as we deal with the mounting consequences of exposure to microplastics. The Guardian summarized a new ...

This week’s furore is microplastics researchers’ ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breach, says science journalist and author Debora MacKenzie ...

While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

Microplastics have shifted from an abstract pollution problem in distant oceans to a concrete health issue inside our own ...

Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental health, sleep and nutrition coverage. She has invested hundreds of hours into studying and researching sleep and holds a ...

The Yamuna is most polluted with microplastics along a 12-kilometer stretch near the Taj Mahal, according to a study by the Centre for Science and Environment, The Telegraph reported. Textile fibers ...

Marine microplastic levels in ocean water were associated with cognitive and other disabilities among people living in adjacent coastal counties, cross-sectional data showed. Across 218 coastal ...