And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

Microplastics have been under the microscope lately, especially considering it's estimated ... Microplastics can also absorb ...

A new study finds microplastics in nearly every organ of stranded sea turtles, including their reproductive systems.

Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered ... were taken from the volunteer’s mouth and put under the microscope. Surprisingly, microplastics were found in both ...

Limiting the presence of microplastics in the body is challenging due to their ... All that dust and fluff that balls up like tumbleweed under sofas or twinkles in sunbeams after you plump a ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

Under the vague ingredient term “gum base,” many ... would lead to the transfer of microplastics into the human body, to date it has been difficult to measure, detect and quantify the microplastics ...

On a slide under a microscope, scientists can read the work ... as if these are the streams from which you drink, that build your body and fill your spirit. To become naturalized is to know ...

Because these particles are so small, they’re undetectable in terms of taste or texture but could pass through the body's natural digestive barriers. While the full impact of microplastics on human ...