Previous research links tiny plastic particles to a range of adverse health conditions but largely stops short of ...

Chinese scientists have detected plastic particle clouds hovering in the air over two large cities indicating that these ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

The reported releases of microplastics ranged from a few hundred particles to over 8 million particles per liter in a new ...

A new study estimates that adults inhale up to 68,000 microplastic particles per day inside homes and cars, with most particles small enough to reach deep into the lungs. (Image by Nadiia Yakovenko, ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating ...

Over the last 20 years, scientists have come to recognize microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) as a growing form of ...

Nowhere is safe from microplastics. A new study has found that humans inhale far more microplastics than previously thought, more than 70,000 particles each day in an indoor environment — and many of ...

For many scientists, 2025 was the year of microplastics. Researchers have known for decades that tiny plastic particles were floating around in rivers and lakes and accumulating in the ocean. But it’s ...

Over the past year, scientists have searched brain tissue, arteries and even joints for the presence of microplastics. The tiny particles, they have found, are ubiquitous in the human body - littering ...

Tiny plastic particles in food could cause liver damage, warns a new study. Microplastics and polystyrene inadvertently consumed while eating may also alter our metabolism, say researchers. The new ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna has investigated a possible link between ...