The findings show that bottled water could contain up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously estimated, as earlier studies only accounted for microplastics, or pieces between 1 and ...

One liter of water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven types of plastics, of which 90% were identified as ...

Microscopic particles from those plastics can end up in food and beverages in the manufacturing process — they might be introduced through plastic tubing used in machinery, for example — or ...

Then it was a simple matter of counting all the different particles of plastic. They estimated that a typical one-liter bottle contains 240,000 of them. Sherri Mason, an associate research ...

Over time, plastic breaks down into micro- and nanoparticles that are invisible to the naked eye. Researchers at Lund University have investigated how these small plastic particles affect ...

NEW YORK, Jan 14: Recent studies conducted by the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto shed light on a concerning revelation – individuals consuming protein may unwittingly be ...

Microplastics have popped up in rivers, oceans, soil, food, tea and even Antarctic snow — and now these tiny plastic particles are showing up in clouds. A group of researchers from Waseda ...

Tiny particles of plastic pollution could be finding their way deep into our lungs with every breath we take, new research reveals. Known as microplastics or nanoplastics, a study from the ...

Microwaving food in plastic containers can release up to 4.22 million microplastic particles per square centimeter in just a few minutes. Other recommendations include not storing food in plastic ...