We hear it more often now. Those tiny particles that scientists can't stop talking about. They're in our water, in our air, ...

There are microplastics in your food and you don't know it. Here's what you can do about it right now.

Davar also mentions that, “Some toothpastes still contain microbeads that could lead to exposure [to microplastics].” And ...

Plastic gets into the Great Lakes in a variety of ways. Boaters may chuck their refuse overboard, but more likely it blows ...

Scientists discovered that crickets that were fed microplastics grew in size by a staggering 25 times over a seven-week ...

Microplastics can contaminate soil, water, and air. As a result, they become part of the environment. “Microplastics can get ...

Microplastics have moved from distant ocean gyres into the most intimate of places: the human brain. A growing body of ...

The study found that while nylon may be the most convenient material operationally, it yields the highest release of ...

Scientists are hard at work trying to assess the scale of our microplastic pollution problem and the likely health impacts.

Even one percent plastic in a sample can distort ocean carbon numbers, making young carbon read as ancient and affecting ...

That’s not to say the proliferation of tiny plastic particles isn’t a serious problem. A review paper published last month lists ways microplastic particles might damage your brain and increase the ...

A new study reveals five mechanisms by which microplastics can trigger inflammation and cause damage in the brain.