In the latest findings illustrating the potential dangers of everyday-use items such as food packaging and water bottles, tiny shards and particles of plastic have been found in semen and in ...

Simply using your food packaging in the manner it's supposed to be used is enough to contaminate your comestibles with a ...

Isabella Tuzzio, a biology undergraduate student at West Virginia University, studied fish from streams throughout Central ...

Microplastics, plastic fragments 5 millimeters or smaller, have been found in just about every part of the human body. To ...

Microplastics were present in 69% of the follicular fluid samples analysed. The most frequently detected polymer was PTFE, found in 31% of the samples, followed by PP (28%), PET (17%), PA (14%), ...

Microplastics aren’t just everywhere — they might be turning your dinner into a breeding ground for supercharged pathogens.

Microplastics get into your body through food, water, and air, says Stephanie Wright, PhD, a senior lecturer in environmental ...

A growing body of research warns that these nearly ubiquitous tiny particles, under 5mm in size, pose a threat to ...

New research has found cleaning plastic containers in the dishwasher is actually a source of microplastic pollution.

From bottled drinks to seafood to steeped tea, new studies show we’re constantly exposed to microscopic plastic. Researchers ...

Microplastics, plastic particles fewer than 5 millimeters in size, have infiltrated the environment at an alarming rate as worldwide plastic use increases. Levels of microplastics found in the ...

A Hawaiʻi County commission calls for a pause in the project until the state establishes rules regulating discharge of micro- ...