They’ve been found in your liver, blood, and even brain—microplastics are everywhere. While they’re nearly impossible to avoid, experts say there are simple ways to cut down on daily exposure.

Plastics have long been dismissed by their critics and completely avoided in the modern world. Now, new research is uncovering an increasing range of health risks that they pose. The normal definition ...

Microplastics are exactly what they sound like: tiny pieces of plastic that persist in the environment. Many are smaller than a sesame seed; some are far smaller than the width of a human hair. What ...

Most of us reach for plastic jars in the kitchen without a second thought. That's because they're so convenient, lightweight, and airtight. But those same jars might be quietly introducing ...

Ripping the plastic wrap from the meat or prepackaged fruit and veggies you purchased at the grocery store may contaminate your food with micro- and nanoplastics, according to new research. Plastic ...

For many scientists, 2025 was the year of microplastics. Researchers have known for decades that tiny plastic particles were floating around in rivers and lakes and accumulating in the ocean. But it’s ...

Emerging evidence suggests that environmental pollutants rarely act alone, yet most toxicological studies still assess them in isolation.

A new study found that college students who leaned on takeout were loaded with microplastics, and that exposure was linked to microbiome shifts tied to health concerns. Researchers in China studied ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, ...

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Microplastics Symposium 2025: Small particles, big problems. This series of seminars on will focus on the detection and analysis of microplastics, the ...