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

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Microplastics gather drug resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted sites into ...

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

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

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

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

A new study finds microplastics can transport dangerous pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria from wastewater to oceans ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and ...