But how does the food we eat increase (or decrease) plastic exposure? Researchers recently reviewed the data to examine this ...

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Microplastics are turning up almost everywhere scientists look. As studies stack up linking these tiny plastic fragments to ...

Dear Heloise: I keep reading about how microplastic particles are found in our food, and I’m worried about how this will affect humans in the long-term where our health is concerned. Can this be ...

Global research suggests food packaging could release around 1,000 tonnes of microplastics into food each year, highlighting ...

A research group led by Prof. DANG Fei from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHONG Huan from Nanjing University, has uncovered a ...

Testing for levels of microplastic contamination in marine plankton aims to help develop new ways to assess and manage the rising global pollution problem, experts say. Researchers examined the ...

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What really caught our attention was the large quantity found, especially because this is an area with low [human] population ...