Findings show that shellfish, beer, salt, and even produce carry some of the highest concentrations of microplastics in the human diet. But there are ways to mitigate exposure. Microplastics — plastic ...

Here’s a few things to consider the next time you think about throwing a plastic item in the trash, the ocean or anywhere other than a recycling bin. A recent survey suggests that every hour people ...

We hear it more often now. Those tiny particles that scientists can't stop talking about. They're in our water, in our air, probably even in our bloodstream right this second. Microplastics have ...

Every few weeks, a new headline appears saying that our food, water, or even our bloodstream is being contaminated with tiny plastic fragments. Virtually unheard of in popular media before 2023, the ...

I spoke with a public health professor and a toxicologist to learn if microwaving leftovers is the reason why microplastics enter our food and body. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based ...

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...

Microplastics, along with nanoplastics, have actually been detected in ovarian tissues and in follicular fluid ...

A new study found over one trillion microplastic particles fall into Florida's Indian River Lagoon daily. Microplastics are tiny plastic bits that can build up in wildlife and humans, with unknown ...