Microplastics scientists are finding the tiny particles everywhere, even in their own research laboratories. So how do they ...

"Given the widespread presence of microplastics in the environment, completely eliminating exposure is unrealistic." ...

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies ...

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall ...

Standard nitrile and latex lab gloves shed hydrocarbons called stearates - particles added by manufacturers to keep gloves ...

More than a month after they poured from a semi-trailer on a west Michigan highway, little bits of white plastic appeared to ...

Marine microplastic levels in ocean water were associated with cognitive and other disabilities among people living in adjacent coastal counties, cross-sectional data showed. Across 218 coastal ...

Microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic that range from the size of a sesame seed to microscopic particles –are increasingly showing up in our oceans, air and on our dinner plates, and this has ...

New research by experts from the University of Manchester has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies is the main source of microplastic pollution in ...