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Tire particles are a significant source of microplastic pollution, and new research is highlighting the risks they pose.

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In addition to the potential connection between microplastics and cancer, research has linked ongoing exposure to lung ...

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It’s 8:30 a.m., and San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, having already taken his customary swim in the ...

It is nearly impossible to avoid microplastics in today's world, so it makes sense that they have been found in human blood ...

From fast food to kitchen staples such as rice and salt, a new study highlights the extent of plastic contamination in foods.

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Some of the findings this year could make us healthier, while others expand the outer limits of our knowledge of the universe ...

Additionally, since the study focused on species that span the US West Coast but only collected organisms from the Oregon coast, the concentrations may not represent coast-wide microplastic ...