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

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

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

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

The microplastics that pollute the environment and increasingly find their way into humans and animals can help bacteria ...

Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Microplastics don’t just carry bacteria — they actively help them develop drug resistance. Researchers found that within days ...

Microplastics are everywhere — in the beauty products we wear, the cleaning supplies we use and even in the food we eat.

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

Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we, with unclear effects on ...

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