Strange brown specks in two donated brains set a seasoned neuropathologist on an unexpected path. Elaine Bearer had examined countless samples during her long career, yet these glassy clusters puzzled ...

Microplastics are everywhere. We drink them in our water, we eat them in our food, we breathe them in our air, leading to – ...

Microplastics may not be quite as deeply embedded in our bodies as some headline-grabbing studies have suggested. A growing group of scientists say many recent claims of plastic particles in human ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been ...

Life in plastic might be fantastic after all — or at least not as dangerous as we’ve been led to believe. Microplastics are small plastic pieces — less than 5 millimeters long — that typically break ...

Microplastics are everywhere and in everything, including humans – and that’s not a good thing. Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope ...

Microplastic fibers are less than 5mm and often show up a vivid color under the microscope. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a device that can detect and quantify ...

Microbubbles in the tap water you just poured into a plastic glass are strong enough to create tiny abrasions on the inner layer of the plastic—quietly adding to our growing microplastic problem.

Scientists are finding microplastics everywhere from brain tissue to arteries and warning of the health risks posed by their buildup inside our bodies. They’re also discovering just how easily the ...