How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body?No one disputes that these mostly invisible pieces of plastic ...

Researchers say some widely reported findings of microplastics in human organs may be false positives Critics warn rushed ...

Microplastics are everywhere. We drink them in our water, we eat them in our food, we breathe them in our air, leading to – ...

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human ...

Microplastics are everywhere, but new research points to a need to standardize measurements of microparticles.

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been ...

"The brain microplastic paper is a joke." The post Wait… All Those Studies May Have “Detected” Microplastics in the Human ...

“From what we know about actual exposure in everyday life, it is not biologically plausible that that mass of plastic would ...

For decades, we’ve known that plastic pollution is everywhere — in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil beneath our feet. But scientists have now uncovered something far more personal: ...

Queensland researchers lead calls for a standardised approach to microplastics testing, amid growing concerns about the ...

A review study conducted by Brazilian researchers found growing evidence that microplastics can reach and build up in human bone tissue, potentially disrupting bone metabolism. Lab and animal studies ...