Fast food items found to have very high levels of certain plastics included Burger King's Whopper with cheese.

Dr Daisy Parihar [email protected] Humanity stands at a strange and dangerous crossroads. On one hand we celebrate ...

Researchers report wide variation in microplastic properties, even among identical materials, challenging current toxicology ...

Washing machine wastewater is one of the top sources of microplastics, with a single unit in a four-person household producing up to 500 grams a year as synthetic fabrics break down.

Northeastern University researchers have discovered that materials used in the development of transient electronics—devices ...

Ubiquitous and almost invisible, the tiny shards of plastic that are entering the human body through the food we eat could be damaging our brains in multiple ways, experts fear.A team of scientists ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz is questioning the cost of trans healthcare procedures amid the Trump administration's decision to restrict ...

The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, ...

Particularly alarming for service members are studies showing that microplastics were present in 99% of post-mortem lung ...

In the realm of horror, it was hard to beat the headlines last February that you were carrying around the equivalent of a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics in your brain.

Just when we thought we had described all the possible marine environmental recipients of plastic pollution, new research ...

With at-home testing for microplastics on the rise, Clare Vooght decided to test her own blood, with surprising results ...