The study said that once inhaled, microplastics and nanoplastics can carry additives, absorbed chemicals, and pathogens into ...

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers ...

A new study from has overturned assumptions about airborne plastic pollution, finding that a rural woodland area recorded ...

Cuyahoga County raises awareness of microplastics in the Great Lakes, noting tap water contains fewer than bottled water.

A new study found that polyester microfibers, a common type of microplastic pollution, slowed the development of cherry tomatoes.

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

STORY: This river in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state has one of the world’s highest concentrations of microplastic pollution, according to a new study. Its findings are raising concerns among scientists and ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

Biological carbon pumping’ is a natural process by which an ocean transfers carbon from the atmosphere into the deep sea ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere – in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...