Microplastics, tiny plastic particles found in everyday products from face wash to toothpaste, are an emerging threat to ...

New research shows that microplastics have been contaminating some freshwater streams decades earlier than previously recorded. What could that mean for human health?

A new University of Missouri study found that controlled-release fertilizers may be quietly polluting the planet with ...

"There’s still time to change the way we deal with plastic waste." Researchers make disturbing discovery about invisible ...

Researchers are just beginning to understand how microplastics might be affecting human health. A Reporter visited a lab to ...

Microplastics can be ingested through food packaged or heated in plastic containers, through drinking water, skincare ...

A person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the ...

Experts call for more research before parents panic—and offer ways to reduce exposure to microplastics in the meantime.

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering found that both natural and synthetic chewing gums release ...

There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.” — Lily Tomlin ...

A new study from UT Arlington reveals that wastewater treatment plants continue to fall short in eliminating hazardous ...

Scientists who evaluated nine major European rivers, including the Thames and Tiber, found microplastics in all of them.