A new Tel Aviv University study has uncovered alarming findings about the spread of microplastic particles in the marine food web. In recent years, numerous studies have examined the dangers of marine ...

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What started with concerns about access to clean drinking water eventually led three Indian teenagers to an idea that could ...

Wuhan University-led research is reporting the development of a revivable self-assembled supramolecular biomass fibrous framework (a novel foam filter) that efficiently removes microplastics from ...

Polyethylene, a widely used microplastic, may increase the risk of fatty liver disease, according to a new mouse study. Various steps, such as choosing certain food containers, may help minimize ...

Microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic that range from the size of a sesame seed to microscopic particles –are increasingly showing up in our oceans, air and on our dinner plates, and this has ...

A study published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review has assessed the presence of microplastics in drinking water sources in Southern India. The work provides new evidence of the spread of ...

But how much plastic are we really breathing in? And should we be worried? A modelling study published in the journal Nature earlier this year suggests the answer may be more complicated – and perhaps ...

The microplastic problem has reached our pets’ food bowl. A new study of pet and wildlife foods sold in Britain found microplastics in most of the brands tested, including foods for cats, dogs, and ...

Marine microplastic levels in ocean water were associated with cognitive and other disabilities among people living in adjacent coastal counties, cross-sectional data showed. Across 218 coastal ...

Twenty years ago, Richard Thompson, a marine biologist at the University of Plymouth, and his colleagues first used the term microplastic to describe the microscopic bits of plastic they were finding ...

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