The reported releases of microplastics ranged from a few hundred particles to over 8 million particles per liter in a new ...

Researchers warn that the heat from your morning coffee or tea could be releasing microscopic plastic particles into your ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics ...

You probably think your home-cooked meals are healthier than takeout, right? Fresh ingredients, your own clean kitchen, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A paper published Monday used a novel technique to analyze one-liter samples of ...

Scientists studying how tiny particles of plastic affect our everyday lives say that the amount of nanoplastics found in bottled water is between 10 to 100 times higher than researchers had previously ...

Over the last 20 years, scientists have come to recognize microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) as a growing form of ...

According to a new study, microplastics in the air in Xi'an city, China, more than tripled during the time period of their ...

Chinese scientists have detected plastic particle clouds hovering in the air over two large cities indicating that these ...