Debates over the presence of microplastics in the human body highlight the challenge of studying something simultaneously invisible to the naked eye and abundant.

Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 ...

Microplastics are an persistent form of pollution threatening the health of global lake ecosystems. A new review by researchers at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences synthesizes ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are now being detected inside the human body. A new review, titled "Emerging Public Health Concerns of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Humans: Detection and Health Impact," ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

A comprehensive review from the Agricultural University of Hunan reveals how plastic particles in soil, sea, and air directly and indirectly amplify greenhouse gas emissions, creating a dangerous ...

More than a month after they poured from a semi-trailer on a west Michigan highway, little bits of white plastic appeared to be everywhere — strewn along at least 11 miles of highway, embedded in soil ...