Microplastics have made their way into just about everything. But a newly developed foam might just be a fix to the enormous ...
Microplastics are everywhere—from the ocean to our bloodstream—raising urgent questions about their impact on human health.
Researchers discovered that roughly 90% of the microplastics were fibers, with three primary types of plastic present: ...
The best ones are safe, easy on your knives and microplastic-free. These picks include wooden, bamboo and paper composite ...
As if microplastics weren't already causing enough problems for humans and our environment, scientists have found they're now ...
Researchers from Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, have developed a method ...
Findings indicate microplastics in blood are linked to inflammation and coagulation markers, underscoring the need for ...
Microplastics have turned up in all corners of our anatomy. So much remains unknown about how these particles work their way through our bodies, and what that means for our health.
Food and Water Watch and dozens of other environmental organizations submitted a November 25th petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting that microplastics be ...
Microplastics and nanoplastics — incredibly tiny bits of plastic that break off and shed from larger products — have made ...
Trasande has spent the last two decades studying how environmental exposures, including to microplastics, affect our health. “We eat a lot of plastic. We inhale a lot of plastic” in the form ...
And leaders can't agree on how to tame this monster we have created.Plastics also affect our health in ways we are only just beginning to understand.Microplastics and nanoplastics — incredibly ...