Microplastics are in the Earth’s atmosphere and could be disrupting weather patterns and climate, according to Penn State ...

Everest to the mountaintop clouds of China and Japan. Microplastics have been detected in human brains, the bellies of sea turtles and the roots of plants. Now, research reveals that microplastics in ...

"Microplastics can affect precipitation patterns, weather forecasting, climate modeling, and even aircraft safety".

Microplastics have permeated every corner of our environment, so much so that these tiny particles are now found inside human ...

Nanoplastics and slightly bigger microplastics have been found to enter human blood and brain systems, sometimes passing into ...

Over the past decade, San Juan County agencies and environmentalists have shifted public attention from reducing our use of biocides (pesticides, herbicides) to reducing our use of plastics, starting ...

As plastic infiltrates oceans, food, and our bodies, SC Johnson CEO Fisk Johnson warns of health risks and urges global regulation through a U.N. treaty, aiming to balance plastic’s life-saving uses ...

Microplastics have been found throughout the human body -- including inside lungs, blood and brains -- and while it is not ...

Microplastics are contaminating people’s brains, blood and testicles, a Conservative MP has warned. Alberto Costa told the Commons that microplastics pollution is a “major problem to our environment ...

In more recent times, major studies have looked into the impact of microplastics on human health. Plastic particles ranging ...

Microplastics have been found in human blood, which means it has passed through organs, Motalebizadeh said. “It’s become a research area because scientists and researchers and doctors have ...