While the face of Earth remains plagued by plastic pollution, a bigger problem has now come to light. What’s worse than plastics is plastics that we cannot see. Microplastics are tiny particles or ...

Researchers took samples of human brains from dead people to look for microplastics. The brain samples had higher levels of plastic than kidney or liver samples. People who died in 2024 had more ...

Plastic materials are in widespread use, and this tough stuff sticks around in the environment. When plastic packaging, bags, and bottles are thrown away, they simply break apart into smaller and ...

Did someone say flower power? It turns out that fruits and flowers could be powerful new allies as we deal with the mounting consequences of exposure to microplastics. The Guardian summarized a new ...

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...

A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into human brains — with potentially dangerous effects on people’s health and mental acuity. A paper published Monday in Nature Medicine found ...

A shocking new study has claimed that the human brain is becoming contaminated with growing amounts of microplastics, with concentrations skyrocketing in just the past few years. However, some have ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers Health ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 2019, a toxicologist named Matthew Campen drove into the wilderness of ...

Credit: Getty Images Micro- and nanoplastics continue to spread in the environment and pose an increasing threat to health, including cardiovascular health. Industrial plastic production has led to ...

One of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first campaign promises during his failed presidential bid was to curb plastic pollution, partly because of the dangers of microplastics to human health. Fast forward ...