Opinion | Microplastics and the ‘Terrible Debris of Progress’
Microplastics, those miniscule particles smaller than 5 millimeters which plastics physically break down into, have now infiltrated every…
Microplastics may contribute to global warming
A new study published in Nature Climate Change concluded that atmospheric microplastics may significantly contribute to global warming.…
Study links microplastics in arterial plaque to fourfold increase in stroke risk
In a Perspective published today in the inaugural issue of Brain Health (https://doi.org/10.61373/bh026p.0006), an international team of investigators…
Study Shows Which Foods To Eat (& Avoid) To Reduce Microplastic Exposure
Microplastics are everywhere. They’re in our water, our food, even our arteries and brains. It’s unsettling to say…
Ghost fishing gear: The hidden threat at the bottom of our seas and oceans
Marine pollution is reaching alarming levels in both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic and scientists warn that the…
Breaking: The Company Using Biology to Eat the Plastic Crisis
Five billion tons of plastic already surrounds us—and growing.This isn’t waste; it’s accumulation without end. The real breakthrough…
Study reveals bile as reservoir for microplastics in humans
Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental issues of modern life, and microplastics are now known…
‘We finally traced it down’
A new study published by the Royal Society of Chemistry is raising eyebrows after researchers discovered that a…
An Embarrassing Mistake May Have Skewed Microplastics Research All Along
Earth’s worrying pall of microplastics—recorded by scientists practically everywhere, across our planet’s oceans, aloft in clouds above Mount…
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…