Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying ...

Microplastics are starting to become a major environmental problem, but there might be a simple solution to remove them from ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

A new study finds microplastics in nearly every organ of stranded sea turtles, including their reproductive systems.

Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning ...

Living along coastal areas in the United States that had higher levels of microplastics in the ocean was strongly associated ...

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

Over half of UK shoppers see the effect of plastic breaking down to microplastics in the ocean and waterways as their biggest concern when it comes to the damage plastic causes to the environment, ...

Micro-particles of plastic that come from items like clothes ... Studies have already shown that microplastics can be taken ...

High levels of marine microplastics in ocean water are associated with neurologic disability, such as cognitive and mobility ...

Microplastics could have carcinogenic and harmful effects on essential biological processes. Taking steps to avoid these ...