Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global ...

Penn State researchers found that microplastic levels in freshwater have risen with global plastic production, though they ...

Penn State research links rising freshwater microplastics to the global increase in plastic production since the 1950s ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that range in size from one micrometer, or 1/100 of the width of a human hair, to five millimeters, which is about the size of a pencil eraser. They can come ...

Numerous studies have linked the presence of microplastics -- or nanoplastics which are 1,000 times smaller -- to a range of ...

Numerous studies have linked the presence of microplastics -- or nanoplastics which are 1,000 times smaller -- to a range of health ... the role played by their size, shape and composition.