Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...

From your clothing to the water you drink, being mindful of microplastics can help reduce your exposure and health risk.

Plastics revolutionized medicine. But what we once saw as miraculous has now become a silent threat—one we can no longer ...

On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the ...

Research has shown that microplastics can absorb and accumulate toxic chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

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

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

Microplastics are everywhere — in the beauty products we wear, the cleaning supplies we use and even in the food we eat.

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

Microplastics don’t just carry bacteria — they actively help them develop drug resistance. Researchers found that within days ...

Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we, with unclear effects on ...