Researchers from Japan and Thailand have found microplastics less than 300 µm in size in coral skeletons. The team developed ...

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

Due to “the rapid increase in plastic production, the longevity of plastic, and the disposable nature of plastic items,” the ...

University researchers have developed a small, portable device that can accurately measure microplastics in water samples ...

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

A new study identified the tiny pollutants in the olfactory bulbs of eight cadavers, suggesting microplastics can travel ...

Microplastics have been found in brain tissue ... than the diameter of a human red blood cell—to 26.4 micrometers in size. It is not immediately clear why or how the brain tissue of some ...

Even if the world stopped producing new plastic, existing waste will continue to break down into tiny particles, doubling the ...

Previous reports say that ultrafine microplastic absorption resulted in complex toxicity in zebrafish, and that microplastics under 100 nm in size can reach almost all organs after entering the ...

So when a team of researchers found microplastics in every human placenta ... but those were out of my price range. Okay, I thought, I’ve done the best I could. Still, I think about it every ...

Samples from eight of the cadavers contained microplastics — tiny bits of plastic that ranged from 5.5 micrometers to 26.4 micrometers in size. In total, the researchers found 16 plastic fibers ...

Due to their smaller size and shape ... over the next three years than people who had none. Microplastics are polymer fragments that can range from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) down to ...