This research adds to a mountain of evidence. Researchers discover invisible threat lurking at popular vacation destination: ...

The study said that once inhaled, microplastics and nanoplastics can carry additives, absorbed chemicals, and pathogens into ...

According to the research, a single polypropylene bottle exposed to hot water released more microplastic and nanoplastic ...

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers ...

Cuyahoga County raises awareness of microplastics in the Great Lakes, noting tap water contains fewer than bottled water.

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

A new study from has overturned assumptions about airborne plastic pollution, finding that a rural woodland area recorded ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...

If you’ve ever watched a nail tech shave down acrylics, you’ve seen it: that cloudy dust swirling in the air? It’s not just harmless debris. It’s microplastics. Her video, which described someone ...