A joint effort from HHS and the EPA will examine how microplastics affect human health — and what it may take to reduce ...

Microplastics scientists are finding the tiny particles everywhere, even in their own research laboratories. So how do they ...

Austin, Texas, has a growing microplastic problem in its soil and bodies of water. Danielle Zaleski, a student at the University of Texas' Jackson School of Geosciences, pulled a core sample from the ...

The first-of-its-kind report draws on more than 350 peer-reviewed studies to conclude human microplastic exposure is ‘continuous and global’ A new major report has revealed the vast scale of ...

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies ...

Data from microplastic analyses can inform health recommendations and policy decisions. Machine learning is one tool researchers have started using. I am a machine learning researcher. With a team of ...

Microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic that range from the size of a sesame seed to microscopic particles –are increasingly showing up in our oceans, air and on our dinner plates, and this has ...

Marine microplastic levels in ocean water were associated with cognitive and other disabilities among people living in adjacent coastal counties, cross-sectional data showed. Across 218 coastal ...

Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental health, sleep and nutrition coverage. She has invested hundreds of hours into studying and researching sleep and holds a ...

A new analysis examined how certain commercially used coffee cups perform across a range of temperatures, revealing what actually happens when a hot drink is poured into the cup. A new study published ...