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By Liz Kimbrough In a lab in Türkiye, researcher Sedat Gündoğdu zooms in on the image of a small red fiber. For the first ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

In a new column, we take a pressing health question and delve into the evidence with the help of leading experts Most of us ...

Purging our world of microplastics requires change at the government level. But until that happens, here are some things ...

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...

Microplastics are pervasive contaminants linked to health risks. Learn strategies to reduce exposure and protect your ...

Traditional plastics, made with strong covalent bonds, are difficult to break down and can remain in the environment for decades or even centuries, causing harm to wildlife and humans through ...

Researchers said the new findings add to a small but growing body of evidence that microplastic pollution represents an ...

A new study found that chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. Both synthetic and natural ...

A study reveals chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles into the mouth, raising fresh concerns about ...