Parental plastic exposure harms offspring through multiple biological routes
Microplastics and nanoplastics are increasingly found throughout aquatic environments, raising concern about whether these tiny particles can move…
Why scientists still cannot say how much plastic infants are actually consuming
From feeding bottles to formula and breast milk, researchers traced where plastic particles and oligomers appear and why…
Lung cancer patients found to have more microplastics within their lungs
People with lung cancer are more likely to have microplastics in their lungs and to have larger quantities…
Microplastics transport toxins and antibiotic resistance across ecosystems
Microplastics are often viewed as pollutants in their own right, but their environmental impact may extend far beyond…
Hard-to-recycle PVC turned into sustainable lubricant
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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…
Microplastics in blood bags may affect red blood cells
Plastic blood storage bags could be shedding microplastics into stored blood, and those particles may worsen the…
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…
Chemistry in Pictures: Echoes of microplastics
These blood-red clumps are what polypropylene microplastics look like in the body of a live mouse, as…
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…