An international group of researchers says two decades of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to ...

Study shows alarming cost of failing to act now on plastic pollution - Even if the world stopped producing new plastic, ...

While previous research found microplastic in human lungs, intestines, liver, blood, testicles and even semen, the protective blood-brain barrier was thought to keep the potentially toxic ...

A new report calls for global action on plastic pollution, urging reductions in plastic production and microplastic emissions ...

Here are some things to know about reducing microplastic pollution from your washing machine. Once garments release microfibers in washing machines, the fibers enter the wastewater stream ...

Science has provided more than sufficient evidence to inform a collective and global approach to tackle the continued spread ...

The study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open revealed that eight out of 15 autopsied adults in Germany and Brazil had microplastic inside the brain’s olfactory bulb.

Microplastic has been detected in the human brain’s smell centre for the first time in a new study, suggesting that the actual quantity of these tiny particles deposited in the body might be ...

The study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open revealed that eight out of 15 autopsied adults in Germany and Brazil had microplastic inside the brain’s olfactory bulb. Researchers from ...

Microplastic has been detected in the human brain’s smell centre for the first time in a new study, suggesting that the actual quantity of these tiny particles deposited in the body might be much ...