Plastics are useful and versatile products ... are less than 5mm in size and some of them are as small as 1 micron (micro-metre), meaning that 10,000 of them could easily fit inside an average ...

Rates of stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes are higher in coastal or lakefront areas with greater concentrations of microplastics in the environment, according to data presented Monday at a ...

marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are rich in plankton and other fish food—and now also in plastics, according to ...