After 20 years of sailing the world’s oceans to research the global scale of plastic pollution, it’s the ocean nanoplastics ...

There is considerable evidence that microplastics and nanoplastics are present in the livers of humans, and wild animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A research team from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has developed a new plant-based plastic that fully dissolves ...

Global research reveals food packaging releases 1,000 tonnes of microplastics into food each year, highlighting predictable ...

We're ingesting a credit card’s worth of microplastics a week. The EPA must take stronger action to protect our water from ...

Researchers found that patients with microplastics in their arterial plaque were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or die within three years. A 2025 study published in the New ...

Microplastics have shifted from an abstract pollution problem to something that can show up in the glass on your kitchen table. The science is still catching up to what that means for long term health ...

It’s seed-starting and planting season, and that means it’s likely buying season. This year, consider not only the gardening gear and plants you bring ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production. Nano- and micro-plastics represent an urgent and rapidly growing field of research at the ...

Seafood is just one type of food that's more likely to contain micrplastics. "There is no officially established 'safe' or 'unsafe' level of microplastic intake. It makes sense to want your exposure ...