New US-designed mesh mimics tangled seaweed to capture microplastics
A team of US scientists has developed a biodegradable mesh inspired by tangled seaweed that can capture microplastics…
Scientists stumped to find clearing cholesterol from blood also removes forever chemicals from body
A blood-filtering technique for lowering cholesterol may also remove toxic forever chemicals from the body, a new study…
The Fix for Food Waste Comes With a Major Catch
Between 30% and 40% of the U.S. food supply goes uneaten, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Most…
Cigarette smoke extract primes airway cells for greater nanoplastic damage
A laboratory model reveals how smoke-damaged epithelial barriers may leave airway cells more vulnerable to a second environmental…
Microplastics hit the liver hard on a high-fat diet, mouse study finds
In mice, polyethylene microplastics caused much more liver damage when the animals were also on a high-fat diet,…
‘Everyone on Earth is exposed’: Scientists map microplastics deep inside living tissue
A new study from Kingston University in London highlights how microplastics can be detected in living tissue. Using…
Which European countries are the largest exporters of plastic waste?
By Inês Trindade Pereira & video by Léa Becquet Published on 15/05/2026 – 10:23 GMT+2•Updated 10:40 Germany was the world’s largest…
Researchers discover unusual connection between human bile and dangerous microplastics
Researchers have long understood that microplastics can enter the human body through ingestion, inhalation, and tissue absorption, but…
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…
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…