"There is no officially established 'safe' or 'unsafe' level of microplastic intake. It makes sense to want your exposure to ...

"It does warrant further investigation." Scientists issue urgent warning after finding tiny particles in human brains: ...

A 2024 study found that boiling water can quickly and effectively rid home drinking supplies of microplastics. Researchers found that boiling and filtering tap water could reduce the presence of ...

Generations of Americans have grown up using chewing gum, but a new pilot study claims that both synthetic and natural gum ...

Microplastics, according to Harvard Medicine, are tiny particles that break off of plastic as it degrades. And while more ...

Rather than being a source, the ocean appears to be a sink, in which 15 percent of all airborne microplastics are deposited.

Tiny plastic particles are being found everywhere, including in the human brain. But it is not yet clear which findings can be trusted and what they might mean. Stephanie Wright is a senior ...

The study revealed that, on average, there were between three to ten microbeads per liter. Different types of plastic were ...

Litter near the Charles River. For 10 to 15 days, Nelia Gross, a PhD candidate studying materials science and engineering, and other researchers incubated several types of microplastics with E. coli, ...

Microplastics have been found in numerous organ systems and even in the human brain. It's impossible to avoid them altogether, but you can cut back, researchers say.

Enzymes found in landfills around the world may be able to break down plastic waste. Some 11 billion metric tons of plastic ...

Supermarkets should be banned from selling products such as apples and bananas in plastic packaging, says a global NGO.