Microplastics are everywhere—from the ocean to our bloodstream—raising urgent questions about their impact on human health.

Researchers from Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, have developed a method ...

Microplastics have made their way into just about everything. Our blood, our snow, our oceans, and our soil all have it.

Researchers discovered that roughly 90% of the microplastics were fibers, with three primary types of plastic present: ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics — incredibly tiny bits of plastic that break off and shed from larger products — have made ...

In a new study led by researchers at Wuhan University, scientists have developed a filter, made with cotton and squid bone, that can be used to adsorb ...

Findings indicate microplastics in blood are linked to inflammation and coagulation markers, underscoring the need for ...

There are multiple ways to extract microplastics for analysis, mostly using density separation. I tried a technique called ...

Microplastics have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, from the air we breathe to the food we consume, raising alarming concerns about their potential health impacts. Despite mounting evidence, the ...

Microplastics have turned up in all corners of our anatomy. So much remains unknown about how these particles work their way through our bodies, and what that means for our health.