Plastic and microplastic pollution has become a defining environmental concern of our time; headlines warn that these invisible particles might be infiltrating our food and drink. But how much of this ...

Minuscule airborne plastic particles are spreading to all corners of the planet, penetrating deep into human bodies and sparking alarm among researchers of the relatively new subject matter. Studies ...

Data collected during a rowing challenge around the seas of Great Britain has found significantly higher concentrations of microplastic pollution than previously recorded, a new report finds. The team ...

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 ...

Microplastic pollution has escalated at a pace that has outstripped early scientific expectations, largely because researchers underestimated how many pathways plastics take as they fragment and ...

Foot traffic from hikers might be responsible for elevated levels of microplastics in two water bodies in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness, according to a new study. In July, ...

Microplastic pollution is severely impacting Ganjam's marine ecosystem, with synthetic fabrics and degraded plastics contaminating the sea and seafood. Researchers found fibres and fragments dominate ...

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic ...

Researchers at University of Toronto Engineering have observed that handwashing synthetic fabrics in water with higher total dissolved solids (TDS) leads to more microplastic fibers (MPF) being ...

The efforts to prevent microplastic contamination detected in the upstream of the Periyar River from a 2-acre site along the Edayar industrial area stretch have hit a roadblock. The management of the ...