How many microplastics are too many? "There is no officially established 'safe' or 'unsafe' level of microplastic intake. It ...

Three percent of the larval fish caught for a 2017 study by researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth had eaten microplastic fibers. PHOTOGRAPHED AT MARINE ...

Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and ...

Microplastics are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. Here are 5 ways you can reduce your exposure.

A new threat is here, and scientists say there's no way to stop it, as even remote parts of the world are seeing microplastic ...

But highly processed proteins, like plant-based alternatives, fish sticks or chicken nuggets, harbor the most microplastics, suggesting the microplastic contamination partly comes from food ...

In a new scientific paper, three physicians report that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water could cut your microplastic intake by about 90% — from 90,000 to 4,000 particles each year.

The article "human microplastic removal: what does the evidence tell us?" was published on Tuesday by the scientific journal platform Genomic Press. Last month, new research came out detecting a ...

When scientists collect samples from the environment to study microplastics, they usually want to know more about the chemical identities of the microplastic particles found in the samples.