How worried should you be about microplastics?
Alistair Berg/Getty Images Let’s start off with a fact: you do not, no matter what you’ve heard, eat…
Study finds widespread microplastics in children and suggests diet may shape exposure
Scientists analyzing urine samples from more than 1,300 children found widespread microplastic exposure and intriguing links between dietary…
Researchers find disturbing discovery in 100% of livestock fecal samples tested: ‘A wake-up call’
While plastics have undoubtedly led to a number of modern-day conveniences, their inability to naturally degrade has created…
Iron catalyst turns plastic waste into vinegar using sunlight
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a solar-powered method to convert plastic waste into acetic acid,…
Meet the Inuit scientist kayaking around Greenland to highlight just how far microplastics travel
Armed with just a kayak and a self-built microplastic filter, Kristian Louis Jensen has spent the last decade…
Global plastics could double health threats by 2040: Study
Adverse health impacts linked to greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals emitted from the global plastics system…
Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrid About Those Disposable Coffee Cups You’ve Been Slurping
According to a wealth of recent scientific literature, microplastics, tiny pieces of debris anywhere from one micrometer to…
More microplastics found in rural woodland than city centre – experts warn of potential health risks
Published on 13/01/2026 – 12:26 GMT+1 Microplastics are infiltrating green spaces, often considered a respite from polluted cities,…
How bottled water drinkers ingest 90,000 more microplastics every year – Firstpost
People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink…
12 healthy foods containing microplastics and easy swaps to reduce your exposure |
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles smaller than 5 mm that are now found in many foods that we…
‘Increasingly recognized as a threat’
New research suggests captive dolphins may be exposed to more microplastics than wild counterparts — a startling discovery…
Plastic pollution could triple by 2040. New study offers four solutions
A new Pew model tracking 52 plastics and seven microplastic sources shows the crisis accelerating, with health and…