RECOUP (Recycling of Used Plastics Ltd.), based in England, has expanded its in‑house laboratory by improving its ...

Heat can trigger release of microplastics and nanoplastics as well as chemicals linked to hormone disruption, infertility and ...

Scientists found microplastics in all examined human brains in a recent study, with highest levels discovered in dementia ...

Researchers have detected microplastics in nearly all prostate cancer tumors examined in a new study. Tumor tissue contained about 2.5 times more plastic than nearby healthy prostate tissue.

You probably think you're making smart choices when you toss those organic vegetables into your reusable shopping bag or ...

Microplastics have now been found inside most prostate cancer tumors — and at strikingly higher levels than in healthy tissue.

Up to 11. 5 million plastic particles can show up in a single liter of bottled water, at least in a small slice of samples tested by a team working near Lake Erie.

Tiny plastic pieces have spread all over the planet — on land, in the air and even in clouds. An estimated 170 trillion bits of microplastic are estimated to be in the oceans alone. Across the globe, ...

Data collected during a rowing challenge around the seas of Great Britain has found significantly higher concentrations of ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica ...

Off the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea swirls an omnipresent yet vanishingly small menace: microplastics. By this point, it comes as no surprise to scientists that they would ...