Microplastics have the potential to become a greater headache for an apparel industry too dependent upon plastic fibers.

Residents joined the Lorain County Metro Parks staff April 25 to learn about plastic pollution in Lake Erie during an Earth ...

Through the air we breathe and the food we eat, we can't help but inhale and ingest tiny bits of plastic every day.

There is considerable evidence that microplastics and nanoplastics are present in the livers of humans, and wild animal ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are an increasing concern to consumers. These are small plastic particles - invisible to the ...

Relatively high levels of micro- and nanoplastics around brain tumours might indicate breakdown of the blood–brain barrier.

In a first, the Environmental Protection Agency has included microplastics and pharmaceuticals on its draft list of substances in public drinking water that are unregulated but merit further ...

The HHS-led effort will roll out in phases, starting with detection and risk assessment before moving toward potential removal strategies. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two ...

Microplastics are everywhere, and the numbers keep rising. Why? The obvious answer is that there are more of them — but that may not be the case. A group from the University of Michigan discovered ...

If you watched Netflix’s The Plastic Detox recently, you may have come away feeling alarmed that these tiny plastic particles—called microplastics—seem to be everywhere. It can be a confusing ...

The Trump administration is moving to track microplastics in drinking water, but the science needed to measure their risk has not caught up, according to an environmental health expert. That could ...