A study says the coloring of microplastics can make a big difference in how much they heat up the Earth.

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 ...

Specialists say aging plastic kettles may release microplastics when heated. Here’s why experts recommend switching to safer ...

A study investigating microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) in agricultural settings has found they reduced plant growth ...

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 ...

Evidence also shows that microplastics can interact with the gut microbiome – and their presence could contribute to ...

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 ...

To track the course of inhaled microplastics and their even smaller counterparts, nanoplastics, the study authors constructed a detailed computer model of the human respiratory system from the nose to ...

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