Brushing, flossing, and visiting the dentist regularly are essential for maintaining healthy teeth, but new research shows an unexpected downside: our everyday oral care is contributing to the global ...

Crickets in a Carleton lab are dining on microplastics, and according to researchers, they are growing hungry for more.

A joint research effort among various countries has found microplastics in Indonesian ocean regions up to a depth of 2,450 meters.

A new scientific finding is prompting fresh questions about everyday kitchen habits and how common appliances may affect the ...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic fragments with sizes ranging from millimeters (<5 mm) to nanometers, have become a growing environmental and public health concern. First identified in the ...

Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles.

Plastic bottles shed harmful microplastics, toxins, and chemicals, creating hidden health risks from everyday drinking habits ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that and have done so for thousands of years. Unfortunately, with the ...

Thousands of pounds of plastic pellets spilled alongside the Kalamazoo River, but researchers say the incident reflects a ...

A new study released Tuesday found microplastics deep inside samples from 9 out of 10 patients with prostate cancer, with more microplastic levels inside tumors than in regular healthy tissue ...

How did toxic plastics become so pervasive? How do they endanger our health? And what can we do to address this crisis? Hear from Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics. How did toxic plastics become ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown for the first time that a father’s exposure to microplastics (MPs) can trigger metabolic ...