Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.

Chewing gum as a potential source of microplastics has yet to be widely studied. They’re made from a rubbery base, sweetener, ...

Credit: iStock Microplastics in the body increase the risk of heart disease, hormonal disbalance and more. While the research ...

While drinking water from plastic bottles isn’t acutely dangerous, more and more microplastics are being ingested by humans.

A 2024 study found that boiling water can quickly and effectively rid home drinking supplies of microplastics. Researchers found that boiling and filtering tap water could reduce the presence of ...

The levels of microplastics and nanoplastics up to five times higher in brains belonging to those with dementia, according to ...

As plastic waste continues to accumulate in the environment, humans are unknowingly ingesting microplastics through drinking ...

Commercial tea bags may release microplastics during the brewing process. The ones made with polypropylene, a type of plastic ...

In terms of our major sources of exposure, he said that microplastics are like “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in that they ...

Researchers found some human brains now contain up to seven grammes of plastic - as much as it takes to make a small spoon ...

The rise of plastic is numbered in a context in which there is more and more waste on the planet. The most dangerous, according to experts in the field, are the microplastics found ...

1 litre of bottled water contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven types of plastics, 90% of which were identified as nanoplastics and the rest, microplastics. The study ...