We've all heard about plastic pollution in our oceans, but what about the plastic particles quietly building up inside our bodies? A major European research project called PlasticHeal has taken a deep ...

A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles significantly increased the number of microplastic particles in the beverages.

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Microplastics are everywhere. They have been found on the peak of Mount Everest and in creatures inhabiting the deepest trenches of the sea. They’re in bottled water, human placentas and breast milk.

With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, new research has modeled what happens when people ...

In case you needed another reason to ditch bottled water, Earth.com just revealed one: It raises your blood pressure. According to Earth.com, a team from the Department of Medicine at Danube Private ...

Furniture, clothing and food packaging can all shed tiny particles that can end up in our bodies. Credit...Ryan Jenq for The New York Times. Set design by Laura Woolf. Supported by By Sarah Sloat ...

When you think about takeout, your biggest concerns might be how greasy the food is or whether you remembered to ask for extra napkins. But new research suggests there may be more to consider than ...

Amélie Châtel has received funding from Anses. It’s no secret: when we savour a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we’re not just consuming valuable omega-3s and vitamin D. Alongside ...

Is it true that you should not drink from plastic water bottles left in a hot car? Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than five millimeters — are in our food, water, clothing, personal care ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Eating plastic might muck with the gut. Mice fed tiny bits of polystyrene experienced health problems including metabolic issues and signs of organ injury, scientists reported June 1 ...