Microplastics May Be Messing With Your Prostate, Too
4 min read A small study found microplastics in 90 percent of cancerous prostate tumors. Some of the…
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…
‘This issue deserves really serious attention’
A new study has uncovered a troubling potential link between microplastics and cancerous prostate tumors. While the study…
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,…
Study finds microplastics in most prostate tumors
Small fragments of plastic were found in nine out of 10 patients with prostate cancer, and in higher…
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…
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,…