Among 152 coastal counties studied, those with very high levels of marine microplastics showed higher rates of diabetes, ...

A recent study found that micro- and nanoplastics are entering our bodies from common food packaging that we use almost daily ...

When West Virginia University biology undergraduate student Isabella Tuzzio tested fish from central Appalachian streams, her ...

When comparing counties with very high versus very low microplastic pollution nearby, researchers found that residents in the most polluted areas had an 18% higher rate of Type 2 diabetes, a 7% higher ...

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Switching from bottled water to filtered tap water alone could cut microplastic intake from 90,000 particles a year to about 4,000, researchers say. "Bottled water alone can expose people to nearly as ...