Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...

Microplastics are everywhere, even in our brains but experts explain how we can limit our exposure to these insidious ...

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Tap water and even bottled water contain microplastics. Installing a high-quality filter, such as a reverse osmosis system or ...

Plastics revolutionized medicine. But what we once saw as miraculous has now become a silent threat—one we can no longer ...

Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tonnes of microplastics, our research has revealed.

Researchers were stunned to discover that bacteria's antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic ...

Scientists explain how to protect yourself beyond avoiding plastic bottles as increasing amounts of microplastics are found ...

A new study from researchers at Boston University found microplastics may play a role in the spread of drug-resistant ...

Boston University researchers discovered that microplastics bolster bacteria's antibiotic resistance. The tiny plastic fragments, omnipresent on Earth, facilitate bacterial biofilm creation, thwarting ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became ...

Contrary to previous claims, the ocean releases less microplastics into the atmosphere than it absorbs from it and is ...