Key Takeaways Microplastics could be contributing to chronic diseasesPeople living in areas with heavier microplastics ...

Make a few easy changes in your kitchen to help cut down on microplastic exposure — here's how to get started.

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...

Chewing gum could release hundreds to thousands of microplastic particles into your saliva, a new UCLA study finds.

A new study found that chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. Both synthetic and natural ...

Areas with elevated microplastic levels experience increased rates of hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and other ...

CLEANR, a company started on the campuse of Case Western Reserve University, has created a filter that hooks up to washing ...

Researchers said the new findings add to a small but growing body of evidence that microplastic pollution represents an ...