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

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Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...

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

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

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

Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tons of microplastics, our research has revealed. These ...

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 ...

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