Kitchen sponges are considered a potential, yet largely understudied, source of microplastics in households. A study in ...

The biggest shifts appeared in Bacillota — a key digestive bacteria group — alongside metabolite patterns associated with depression and colorectal disease. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning ...

Epidemiologist Shanna Swan is the focus of this informative, gently fearmongering doc.

Micro- and nanoplastic particles accumulate to higher concentrations in the placentae of infants born prematurely than those born at term. This is the conclusion of a team of U.S. researchers who ...

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ. The ...

Dear Doctors: The more I read about microplastics, the more I want to do something to lower my family’s exposure to them. Any thoughts? Also, what is so much worse about microplastics than dust or ...

Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the world by ...

Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, revealing a low-energy and widespread pathway for plastic pollution that operates wherever water meets plastic.