Researchers in Michigan have developed a way to better identify the chemical makeup of microplastics collected from the ...

Dubai: Microplastics, tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimetres in size, have already been discovered in human breast ...

Microplastics are in everything we use, but how are we exposed, and what harm do they cause to us? Eyewitness News spoke to an expert who explained the details.

Marine biologist Richard Thompson was out looking at barnacles in tide pools one morning in 1993 when he started noticing ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

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.

Scientists found that these tiny plastics can damage DNA, disrupt how our cells function, and trigger chronic inflammation.

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus—just the ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

At this point, what we know is that tiny fragments of plastics, smaller than 5 µm in size, make their way into parts of our ...

We've seen these same ethical and moral challenges for executives in the tobacco industry, wine and spirits, hazardous ...

Think twice before grabbing that plastic water bottle — it could ... microplastics can have the most severe consequences for human health. This level of exposure may occur due to workplace ...