Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

Research continues to show that itty-bitty microplastics alter ecosystems and end up in human bodies. Scientists, farmers and ...

In terms of our major sources of exposure, he said that microplastics are like “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in that they ...

Purging our world of microplastics requires change at the government level. But until that happens, here are some things ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that have infiltrated our food chain, posing potential health risks. Here are 10 ...

A research group led by Prof. DANG Fei from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

Consumer Reports has partnered with The Guardian US to create this seven-week Detox Your Kitchen Challenge. Few synthetic substances are as ubiquitous across the globe as microplastics. From the ...

They have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains, and been found inside human bodies at alarming ...

More recent studies have documented the presence of even smaller microplastic particles in ... with cascading effects up the food chain. The NOAA researchers found tiny blue strands of ...

“Stopping the practice of heating food in plastic could be one of the most effective ways to reduce microplastic consumption.” Microwaving food in plastic containers can release up to 4.22 ...

Microplastics have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains.