Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with ...

Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope to see. Studies have shown the negative effects of microplastics and their even smaller cousins ...

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

There is growing concern that plastics may also be responsible for significant harm to the earth’s environment and human ...

A new study has confirmed that microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs ... the most commonly used plastic in packaging and consumer goods. Under an electron microscope, these plastic fragments ...

MPs are tiny plastic particles that originate from ... “Shockingly, the traces of micro and nanoplastics were found in all the samples, which gives the indication that there might not be any ...

These include not drinking bottled water, not heating food in plastic containers and avoiding ... that they released a total of 16 μm of micro and nanoplastics. The advice to avoid tinned food ...

Since plastic doesn’t biodegrade, it continues to break down into smaller and smaller particles—enter micro- and nanoplastics, whose size can range from less than 5 millimeters to as small as ...