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

Microplastics continue to be found in some concerning parts of the human body. A new study published Sept. 16 in the JAMA ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain. Researchers in Germany and ...

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 ...

“This study finds that the olfactory pathway is a potential major entry route for plastic into the brain, meaning that ...

Connecting the olfactory bulb and the nasal cavity is the olfactory ... The smallest were slimmer than the diameter of a human red blood cell, which measures about 8 micrometers.

The threads and microplastic pieces were discovered in the olfactory bulb, the part of the nose responsible ... likely than fibers to bypass microglia cells in the blood-brain barrier, a membrane ...

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