The researchers analysed 100 placentas from full-term births (37.2 weeks, on average) and 75 from preterm births (34 weeks) for the study.

Previous studies have shown that microplastic and nanoplastic particles can induce inflammation and other negative effects in the body.

With microplastics now permeating our food and our bodies, researchers are keen to assess the potential damage these tiny fragments could be doing.

Researchers found 12 different types of plastic in placentae—with significantly higher levels in those from preterm births.

We've only recently discovered microplastics are a thing and we still don't know exactly how bad they are for our health.

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 ...

Researchers have found that microplastics from plastic water bottles may cause heart blockages. The relationship between ...

Although it is still unclear if plastics could cause similar blockages in humans, the new analysis is concerning as a growing ...

The protective cells accumulated microplastics, instead of digesting them, and then the damaged cells clumped up in the brain ...

Though microplastics and nanoplastics are small (less than 5 millimeters and 1 micrometer, respectively), they significantly ...

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