A new study found that polyester microfibers, a common type of microplastic pollution, slowed the development of cherry tomatoes.

Researchers say some widely reported findings of microplastics in human organs may be false positives Critics warn rushed ...

Microplastics have shifted from an abstract pollution problem in distant oceans to a concrete health issue inside our own ...

The public is starting to understand that they can find microplastics in their food, particularly seafood, but exposure from ...

The public is starting to understand that they can find microplastics in their food, particularly seafood, but exposure from ...

An expert review published in the Lancet in August called plastics a “grave, growing and underrecognised danger” to human and ...

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Researchers say there are some simple ways to help minimise our exposure to the microplastics and nanoplastics in our homes.

Microbubbles in the tap water you just poured into a plastic glass are strong enough to create tiny abrasions on the inner ...

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

While eliminating plastics entirely from our diets may be impossible, making some swaps can help reduce exposure ...

As the temperature of the liquid inside a container increases, the release of microplastics generally increases too. In the ...