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NASA has awarded Alaska Pacific University nearly $5 million to establish a Microplastics Research and Education Center in ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm, have infiltrated ecosystems worldwide and are increasingly found in ...

The scientists found that after exposure to microplastic particles, healthy lung cells showed "increased cell migration, DNA damage, oxidative stress and the activation of signalling pathways that ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Today’s 3 BRILLIANT MINUTES might have you holding your breath. Brad Spakowitz has talked a lot about microplastics -- they’re in our ground, in our water, in our bodies.