A September 2024 study found that of the 14,000 known food contact chemicals present in food packaging, 3,601 -- or ...

A new study shows that microplastics in the natural environment are colonized by pathogenic and antimicrobial resistant ...

That trusty plastic spatula you reach for every morning might be serving up a side dish you didn't order: microplastics. We ...

With global plastic production projected to top 445 million tons next year, Maryland scientists say microplastic pollution is ...

Microplastics—tiny particles now found in food, water, air, and even human tissues—may directly accelerate artery-clogging ...

Emerging research suggests that when people consume microplastics from various sources, such as plastic water bottles, they ...

Minuscule airborne plastic particles are spreading to all corners of the planet, penetrating deep into human bodies and ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have developed an automated diving robot that can detect and retrive marine litter from the sea.

Researchers are starting to pay closer attention to materials that go collectively by the name of “microplastics” and are ...

"Who would have thought that the very people who so love the outdoors may be contributing to (pollution) in areas where the ...

Researchers have long-suspected what microplastics do to our bodies. New data focuses on the gut microbiome and more as ...

State Senator Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat and one of the bill’s supporters, at the time pointed to a state study that ...