Microplastics are in our water, air and seafood. It's been recently discovered to be in chewing gum, too. Here's what to know ...

The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still ...

High blood pressure, diabetes and stroke rates are higher in coastal or lakefront areas with greater concentrations of ...

A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes ...

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

More than 250,000 microplastics (MPs) were detected in the saliva of a person after one hour of chewing a single piece of gum ...

A startup offers a unique service, claiming to cleanse your blood of microplastics through a two-hour plasma filtration ...

New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralization processes in marine ...

Statistics show if that if you're not filtering your water the right way, your family is likely consuming microplastics. An overwhelming 94% of U.S. tap water is contaminated with fragments of plastic ...

In a small study of eight cats at early stages of pregnancy, researchers detected 19 different kinds of microplastic particles in fetuses from two cats and in the placentas of three cats. Ilaria ...

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...