New research indicates that the levels of microplastics in humans and the environment may have been overestimated. So, should we still be concerned about their possible health effects? Katharine Lang ...

Microplastics have now been found inside most prostate cancer tumors — and at strikingly higher levels than in healthy tissue.

DEAR DOCTORS: The more I read about microplastics, the more I want to do something to lower my family’s exposure to them. Any thoughts? Also, what is so much worse about microplastics than dust or ...

Microplastics are back in the scientific headlines, this time for their potential adverse effects on your bones. In June 2025, a Brazil-led research team published the results of their review study ...

Microplastics have been found accumulating everywhere from our water to our body tissues, but many of the claims have come ...

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Prostate tumors contain more microplastics than healthy prostate tissue, researchers from New York University Langone Health ...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic fragments with sizes ranging from millimeters (<5 mm) to nanometers, have become a growing environmental and public health concern. First identified in the ...

Dear Doctors: The more I read about microplastics, the more I want to do something to lower my family’s exposure to them. Any thoughts? Also, what is so much worse about microplastics than dust or ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles under five millimeters, enter the environment from a variety of sources like larger plastic breakdown, personal care products, and industrial processes. Studies ...

Some scientists are saying previous studies warning of the damage microplastics may cause are exaggerated and are false positives triggered by human fat.

A state parole board had granted 64-year-old David Funston freedom under the elderly parole release program, which requires an inmate to be at least 50 and have served a minimum of 20 years of their ...