Research indicates that microplastics can penetrate cells and induce oxidative stress. Below we list the many harmful effects ...

A new study has found that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in the placenta at much higher levels in preterm births ...

Everywhere you look, microplastic pollution is a growing crisis. Tiny plastic fragments have been found in oceans, food, ...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed artery-clogging plaques from over 250 patients and found ...

Studies in mice show that microplastics entering the bloodstream are engulfed by immune cells, forming clusters that can ...

E ver since Austrian scientists first began looking for them in people in 2018, microplastics have turned up in the blood, ...

Trapped immune cells laden with microplastics starve the brain of oxygen—mouse study links vascular blockages to memory loss ...

Real-time imaging shows how plastic-stuffed cells form clumps that affect mouse movement.

Evidence concerning the harmful effectives of microplastics is still emerging. Yet, there are already enough scientific studies done to demonstrate how microplastics are causing cardiac and kidney ...

“Nanoscale plastics can breach the blood-brain barrier, [but] how [microplastics] cause brain functional irregularities ...

Some commercially available tea bags contain high levels of microplastics. Here's what researchers say you should know, and ...

It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded...