Microplastics have been found in brain tissue above the nose, suggesting a likely passageway for microscopic plastic shards ...

Microplastics are inescapable. These miniscule plastic particles have been found at ancient archaeological sites, in freshly ...

The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published studies have shown the prevalence of ...

As it stands, though, individuals are left to mediate their own relationship to plastic, in a world where plastic is the ...

Neuroscientists have speculated for years that the olfactory bone may be a point of entry of foreign substances into the ...

The study suggests that microplastics may reach the brain via the olfactory pathway, similar to air pollution particles. The ...

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

However, the new study suggests that there's "a potential pathway for the translocation of microplastics to the brain" via ...

A new study has detected microplastics in human brain tissue, marking the first time these plastic particles have been ...