Experts at leading health care conferences last month called for further research into the health effects of microplastics ...

There is growing concern that plastics may also be responsible for significant harm to the earth’s environment and human ...

Learn more about the research project that’s helping experts analyze the nanoplastics in the human body.

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects. By Nina Agrawal Nina Agrawal shadowed ...

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people's health ...

A new mouse study suggests that the microplastics produced by biodegradable, starch-based plastics may be linked to ...

Scientists are finding microplastics everywhere from brain tissue to arteries and warning of the health ... plastic less than 5 millimeters in diameter, some a fraction of the width of a strand of ...

# While the jury is still out, according to some scientists, on the extent of harm posed by microplastics, the negative impact on human health of some of the chemicals used to manufacture plastics has ...

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people’s health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, researchers ...

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

As HHS secretary, RFK Jr. has limited power to regulate how microplastics enter the food supply. He can also boost research ...