In terms of our major sources of exposure, he said that microplastics are like “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in that they ...

On the heels of a shocking new study that found our brains contain about a spoonful of microplastics, experts say there are a ...

Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and ...

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.

Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

Campen's brain study found that there are more traces of plastic in our brains than in our livers and kidneys. It turns out that plastics are attracted to fatty tissue. Campen says he doesn't do much ...

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

Microplastics are everywhere, even in our brains but experts explain how we can limit our exposure to these insidious ...

While the investigators found microplastics in various organs, the microplastics were usually detected at higher levels in ...

Microplastics have been found in human blood, semen, breast milk, placental tissue and bone marrow, but their presence in the ...

Researchers from the UAB demonstrate that the way sardines eat, altered due to the reduction in size of plankton, undermines ...