Scientists warn that bottled water may be one of the most concentrated sources of microplastics and nanoplastics humans ...

We've all heard about plastic pollution in our oceans, but what about the plastic particles quietly building up inside our bodies? A major European research project called PlasticHeal has taken a deep ...

A team of researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) recently published a study modeling the effect of tiny plastic particles on the human body, with a particular focus on how these ...

Microplastics range from about the width of a bacterium to several millimeters across. Nanoplastics are smaller still. These ...

Researchers at CU Boulder have created tiny, microorganism-inspired particles that can change their shape and self-propel, ...

Researchers have created tiny, microorganism-inspired particles that can change their shape and self-propel, much like living ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – (StudyFinds.org) – Plastic contamination is something many people fear will destroy the environment, but a new study warns that it’s also polluting our bodies as well.

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

In the last decade we've seen studies unearth plastic pollution in some unexpected places, from the Arctic, to the Antarctic, and the world's tallest mountain in between. More recently, we've seen ...

Representative light microscopy images of carbonaceous (black) particles adherent to red blood cells (red arrows) from healthy volunteers. Each image is from a different adult volunteer. Researchers ...

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