Researchers reveal microplastics can influence cloud formation, potentially affecting weather and climate systems ...

Microplastics are contaminating people’s brains, blood and testicles, a Conservative MP has warned. Alberto Costa told the Commons that microplastics pollution is a “major problem to our environment ...

Microplastics have been found throughout the human body -- including inside lungs ... U.S. researchers have detected microplastic particles in air exhaled by wild bottlenose dolphins, suggesting ...

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One. In humans ...

The appeal of whole-body scans is clear: Who wouldn’t want to catch an illness before it causes serious damage? The problem, according to experts, is that, except in very rare cases ...

First evidence of microplastic inhalation among free-ranging small cetaceans. PLOS ONE , 2024; 19 (10): e0309377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309377 Cite This Page : ...

Study: Microplastic exposure linked to accelerated ... Adipose tissue, also known as body fat, is crucial for energy and metabolic homeostasis. Aging can have various adverse effects on adipose ...

Body dysmorphia, also called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), is a mental health disorder that leads to extreme distress over your appearance. You may think certain parts of your body are defects ...

An international research team has investigated how nanoplastic particles deposited in the body affect the effectiveness of antibiotics. The study showed that the plastic particles not only impair the ...

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One. Our study found the ...