Twenty years ago, Richard Thompson, a marine biologist at the University of Plymouth, and his colleagues first used the term microplastic to describe the microscopic bits of plastic they were finding ...

A research group led by Prof. DANG Fei from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHONG Huan from Nanjing University, has uncovered a ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

In this Feb. 19, 2020 photo, micro-plastic particles from rubber tires are seen under a microscope in this image taken in a research lab at Oregon State University. (Oregon State University via AP) ...

Marine microplastic levels in ocean water were associated with cognitive and other disabilities among people living in adjacent coastal counties, cross-sectional data showed. Across 218 coastal ...

New measurements of fine microplastic particles suspended in the air in homes and cars suggest that humans may be inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously thought ...

France’s bottled-water controversy has resurfaced, with new findings linking "exorbitant" levels of microplastic pollution to long-standing illegal waste dumps operated by Nestlé Waters. According to ...

Researchers studying microplastic contamination in common beverages made a startling discovery: Drinks stored in glass bottles contained between five and 50 times the level of microplastics as drinks ...

A new study has found that rainwater in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta contains microplastics and potentially other toxic chemicals harmful to public health, raising alarm over the pervasiveness of such ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...