Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are for the future More than 3,300 politicians, government officials, scientists ...

Researchers looked at samples from a field in Hartwood, North Lanarkshire, included in a UK-wide sewage sludge experiment ...

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

In terms of the level of exposure we could be talking about here, the team estimated that each bag could transfer about 7,500 ...

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

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

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

Microplastics, found in everything from bottled water to meat, may be damaging our hearts, according to a new study.

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

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

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