Microplastics are everywhere. We drink them in our water, we eat them in our food, we breathe them in our air, leading to – ...
Researchers say some widely reported findings of microplastics in human organs may be false positives Critics warn rushed ...
Claims that microplastics are widespread throughout the human body are now being questioned. Microplastics are real — but ...
An expert review published in the Lancet in August called plastics a “grave, growing and underrecognised danger” to human and ...
A new study found that polyester microfibers, a common type of microplastic pollution, slowed the development of cherry tomatoes.
Recent studies reveal microplastics in human blood and organs, raising health concerns. Explore how these particles enter the ...
Microplastics seem to be everywhere – in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in ...
Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers ...
New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...
A new study from has overturned assumptions about airborne plastic pollution, finding that a rural woodland area recorded ...
A study has found microplastics in greater quantities in rural environments than in urban sites. Scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) estimated that up to 500 airborne particles ...