Plastic bottles shed harmful microplastics, toxins, and chemicals, creating hidden health risks from everyday drinking habits ...

New Microplastics Research Center at PSU hopes to identify sources of pervasive, potentially dangerous pollution ...

Plastics are not inert. More than 16,000 chemicals are used in plastic production. Many — including phthalates, bisphenols, flame retardants, and PFAS — are associated with cancer, endocrine ...

Prostate tumors contain more microplastics than healthy prostate tissue, researchers from New York University Langone Health ...

By integrating experimental evidence across freshwater and marine systems, the study emphasizes that algae–microplastic interactions are not uniformly harmful but context-dependent, offering ...

Microplastics – those minuscule fragments of plastic, often invisible to the naked eye – have become an undeniable part of our modern world. They're in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the ...

You probably think you're making smart choices when you toss those organic vegetables into your reusable shopping bag or steep a calming cup of herbal tea after a long day. Here's the thing: the foods ...

Researchers detected 19 types of microplastics in the urine of 10-year-old children, with particles present in over 91% of samples and a median concentration of 250 particles per milliliter. Greater ...

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.

Microplastics and nanoplastics are increasingly recognized as pervasive environmental contaminants that accumulate in animals through food chains, posing risks to multiple organs. While growing ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that and have done so for thousands of years. Unfortunately, with the ...

Data collected during a rowing challenge around the seas of Great Britain has found significantly higher concentrations of microplastic pollution than previously recorded, a new report finds. The team ...