Scientists say microplastics are unavoidable, but can we limit our exposure to these potentially harmful plastic particles?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...

University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step ...

A new study found microplastics in the liver and kidneys of 52 people who had died – but the brain had the highest proportion of microplastics of all organs studied. The amount of tiny shards of ...

Microplastics pose a threat to heart health, causing harmful changes in vascular cells and increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases like atherosclerosis.

Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body, including blood, breast milk, testicles, heart tissue, lung ...

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Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.