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A new study finds that microplastics seem to contribute to more chronic diseases in coastal areas of the United States. Rates of stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes are higher in coastal or ...

While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an ...

New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralization processes in marine ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 ...

Discover how a few simple changes can dramatically reduce microplastics in your life while keeping your budget in check.

While scientists haven’t figured out how to un-plastic ourselves yet, you can dodge some of these sneaky invaders.

An international team of scientists is developing an ultra precise, efficient and flexible technique for counting and ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

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Microplastics and nanoplastics have been identified in the lungs of wild birds using laser direct infrared (LDIR) chemical imaging and pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC–MS), in the ...