Earlier this year, researchers reported the first known evidence of microplastics in the human brain. But what does it mean?
Taken together, however, the report found 80 per cent of all microplastics found in Canada are fibres shed from textiles or ...
Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through ...
As the UN meets this week to finalize the Global Plastics Treaty, researchers warn that the agreement could fail to address ...
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and ...
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science In Japan may have found a solution. A team led by Takuzo Aida ...
Growing research suggests microplastics are a major health risk and widespread in our drinking water. The EPA can and must ...
A trio of environmental researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has developed an AI-based application that ...
Algenesis submerged shoes made with its biodegradable polyurethane foam in the Pacific Ocean to demonstrate their ...
A coalition of 176 advocacy groups wants increased tracking to fill data gaps on the particles’ presence and danger to human ...
Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could ...
While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...