New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in with her partner, one of the first things she did was get rid of all the ...

Are we being microdosed with microplastics? Tiny pieces of plastic are turning up at the dinner table, and while the ...

“At a time when food scarcity is already a challenge and we have a changing climate, the pervasiveness of this is directly impacting our agricultural ... from a tea bag made with plastic could contain ...

The findings are part of a growing body of work showing that even in far-flung parts of the Arctic, plastic pollution is ...

Since its invention in 1907, plastic has become one of the most widely used and cheapest materials in production. From food ...

Newborn fish are mistaking tiny bits of trash for food. If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain ... even before they met our plastic trash.

There often are tiny bits of plastic in the fish and shellfish we eat. Scientists are racing to figure out what that means for our health ... creatures along the food chain consume, metabolize ...

For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic shopping bags. Fish eat thousands of tons of plastic a year, transferring it up the food chain to ...

As the global reliance on plastics persists, agriculture has become a notable contributor to environmental concerns, particularly the infusion of microplastics into the ecosystem. In Uganda, the ...

The study also found evidence suggesting that the plastics may be bioaccumulating through the food web. That means species that are higher up the food chain likely ingest more microplastics ...