Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...

Microplastics are silently sabotaging the planet’s greenery, curbing photosynthesis, and threatening food security.

From your clothing to the water you drink, being mindful of microplastics can help reduce your exposure and health risk.

Plastics revolutionized medicine. But what we once saw as miraculous has now become a silent threat—one we can no longer ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Microplastics are everywhere, even in our brains but experts explain how we can limit our exposure to these insidious ...

Research has shown that microplastics can absorb and accumulate toxic chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants ...

Microplastics are everywhere — in the beauty products we wear, the cleaning supplies we use and even in the food we eat.

Microplastics have been found in human blood, semen, breast milk, placental tissue and bone marrow, but their presence in the ...

Poland: A recent simulation study published in Scientific Reports revealed that individuals with asthma and chronic ...

While the investigators found microplastics in various organs, the microplastics were usually detected at higher levels in ...

Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we, with unclear effects on ...