It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...

Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy ...

A new report calls for global action on plastic pollution, urging reductions in plastic production and microplastic emissions ...

Megan Hill is an assistant professor of chemistry and leader of the Hill Lab in Colorado State University's College of ...

As it stands, though, individuals are left to mediate their own relationship to plastic, in a world where plastic is the ...

The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published studies have shown the prevalence of ...

The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.

Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...

Evidence of microplastics, which are in everything from clothes to water bottles, has been found in human brains, researchers ...

However, the new study suggests that there's "a potential pathway for the translocation of microplastics to the brain" via ...

Microplastics continue to be found in some concerning parts of the human body. A new study published Sept. 16 in the JAMA ...