Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...

Microplastics are everywhere, even in our brains but experts explain how we can limit our exposure to these insidious ...

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Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...

While the investigators found microplastics in various organs, the microplastics were usually detected at higher levels in ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Tap water and even bottled water contain microplastics. Installing a high-quality filter, such as a reverse osmosis system or ...

Plastics revolutionized medicine. But what we once saw as miraculous has now become a silent threat—one we can no longer ...

Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tonnes of microplastics, our research has revealed.

Microplastics don’t just carry bacteria — they actively help them develop drug resistance. Researchers found that within days ...

A new study from researchers at Boston University found microplastics may play a role in the spread of drug-resistant ...