Microplastics have become a global threat that has the potential to disrupt human health on a massive scale. Scientists make ...

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I examine just how dangerous the microplastics crisis is, both for ...

Individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more vulnerable than healthy controls to ...

Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

Microplastics were detected in almost every seafood sample found off the coast of the western U.S. in a recent study. The ...

Scientists at UNM found microplastics in human brains at much higher levels than other areas of the body, and they suspect those levels will only increase over time.

Scientists tracked tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. Some of them became ...

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

A lawsuit claims FIJI Water misled consumers about its product's purity and environmental impact, specifically highlighting ...

Past studies show that microplastics and nanoplastics can be harmful to human health. A new study has found that humans tend ...

Microplastics pose a threat to heart health, causing harmful changes in vascular cells and increasing the risk of ...