Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

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

"With every step of the food chain, the concentration that can ... that larval Perch raised in waters containing micro-plastics "only ate plastic and ignored their natural food source of free ...

A group of scientists in Japan has created a new form of plastic that combines the strength required for everyday use with ...

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

There often are tiny bits of plastic in the fish and shellfish we ... and because their characteristics may change as creatures along the food chain consume, metabolize, or excrete them.

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

Micro and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can ... alone confirming the risks of polycontamination of our food chain. A companion study in Microplastics journal showed similar effects ...

A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have ...

Fish eat thousands of tons of plastic a year, transferring it up the food chain to bigger fish and marine mammals. Microplastics are also consumed by people through food and in the air. It’s estimated ...

Micro and nanoplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long that can damage DNA and increase the risk of cancer. Researchers also found the concentration of plastics in the ...