Even if the world stopped producing new plastic, existing waste will continue to break down into tiny particles, doubling the pollution, a review of two decades of research warns ...
Researchers have developed a portable device that can quickly and accurately detect microplastics in drinking water.
A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia created a portable tool that needs a sample barely the size of a ...
It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
A recent study detected microplastics in the nose tissue of cadavers. Foods such as sugar, salt, tea bags, rice, seafood, and bottled water are identified as significant sources of these harmful ...
The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.
Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...
Our exposure to microplastics occurs via air, food, water, and consumer products and they have become increasingly present in our environment. As Bethanie Carney Almroth, an ecotoxicologist at the ...
Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mounting research over the last few years has ...