Microplastics are in everyday foods like rice, tea, and seafood. They may pose health risks, but smart choices can help ...

People spend an average of 90% of their time indoors, including homes, workplaces, shops, transportation, etc., and all the ...

Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough ...

Lee Jacobs, co-founder of Long Journey Ventures, thought he had seen it all among his friends and acquaintances in Silicon ...

Scientists say average people may be inhaling microscopic, lung-penetrating plastic particles at a rate that's 100 times ...

Thousands of microscopic plastics in the air of homes, offices and cars may be endangering our health, according to a new ...

Plastic cookware is common in many kitchens, but there are alternatives. Products like stainless steel skillets, frying pans ...

Humans are likely inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously assumed, scientists are ...

Nearly 95% of these particles are small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs, causing inflammation and oxidative stress.

Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others ...

A new interdisciplinary research project at The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating how microplastics—tiny ...

Microplastics that are commonly found in food packaging and paints have for the first time been discovered in the human heart, according to a new study by a team of scientists from Beijing Anzhen ...