Up to 11. 5 million plastic particles can show up in a single liter of bottled water, at least in a small slice of samples tested by a team working near Lake Erie.

You probably think you're making smart choices when you toss those organic vegetables into your reusable shopping bag or ...

Scientists found microplastics in all examined human brains in a recent study, with highest levels discovered in dementia ...

JC Foster’s startup is betting consumers will start caring about what their appliances are made of, not just what they do.

Fiddler crabs living in polluted mangrove sediments are swallowing microplastic particles and physically grinding them into nanoplastics, a peer-reviewed field experiment has found. The study, ...

A new review from researchers at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University found that microplastics, plastic ...

Furthermore, a material engineering approach, such as hydrophobic CeO nanoparticles that attract hydrophobic plastic particles, can aid in effective detection of MPs by selectively targeting MPs like ...

Not all vehicle emissions come from tailpipes. At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic is floating over the United States, and much of it comes from vehicle tires, according to a recent Wired ...

A new analysis examined how certain commercially used coffee cups perform across a range of temperatures, revealing what actually happens when a hot drink is poured into the cup.

Since the 2010s, conspiracy theorists have pointed to lab animal studies as “proof” that hormone-disrupting chemicals in water are “feminizing” humans and causing more people to identify as LGBTQ+.

Off the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea swirls an omnipresent yet vanishingly small menace: microplastics. By this point, it comes as no surprise to scientists that they would ...

Every day, people are exposed to microplastics from food, water, beverages and air. But it's unclear just how many of these particles accumulate in the human body, and whether they pose health risks.