Normal, everyday actions, like twisting the cap off a water bottle, unwrapping deli meat, or microwaving leftovers in a ...

Microplastics have been found nearly everywhere in the human body. Experts explain how harmful they may be for our health, ...

Microplastics get into your body through food, water, and air, says Stephanie Wright, PhD, a senior lecturer in environmental toxicology at Imperial College London. Given the amount of air humans ...

Drinking water chemical may raise kidney disease risk…microplastics detected in human reproductive fluids…air pollution ...

Native Americans face highest risk for heart failure from metals…multiple health dangers tied to wildfire smoke…public trust ...

An unpublished conference abstract presented at the ESHRE 41 st Annual Meeting in Paris looks at microplastics in human reproductive fluids. Prof Oliver Jones, Professor of Chemistry, RMIT University, ...

Scientists found microplastics in fluids around human eggs and sperm. Plastics from cookware and packaging affect human ...

Microplastics research faces standardization challenges as viral headlines about "plastic in your brain" overshadow ...

Microplastics, plastic fragments 5 millimeters or smaller, have been found in just about every part of the human body. To ...

Are recycled bottles safe? A study suggests chemical mixtures in recycled plastics might affect metabolism and hormone ...

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...