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Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people's health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, researchers ...

There is growing concern that plastics may also be responsible for significant harm to the earth’s environment and human ...

By Nina Agrawal Nina Agrawal shadowed University of New Mexico researchers as they extracted microplastics from tissue and analyzed them. In a basement laboratory at the University of New Mexico ...

More than 250,000 microplastics (MPs) were detected in the saliva of a person after one hour of chewing a single piece of gum ...

Scientists are finding microplastics everywhere from brain tissue to arteries and warning of the health risks posed by their buildup inside our bodies. They’re also discovering just how easily ...

New research by Queen’s University Belfast has found that chewing gum can release over a quarter of a million microplastics ...

Chewing gum contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers, making it a potential source of microplastics; however, the ...

A leading waste management company in the UK has tapped the latest studies on microplastics to generate shocking images that show how different levels of exposure could impact your appearance.

More information: Detection of microplastics in the feline placenta and fetus, PLOS One (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320694 ...

There are no surprises. La Pineda beach in Vila-seca (Tarragona) has, by far, the highest concentration of microplastics in Catalonia. This black spot on the Catalan coast was already well known to ...

Microplastics have been found deep inside our organs and tissue, entering the body through the food and drink we consume and ...