While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...

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

Microplastics and nanoplastics have been identified in the lungs of wild birds using laser direct infrared (LDIR) chemical imaging and pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC–MS), in the ...

While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, ...

In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. It’s a problem that has long littered the ...

Zero Waste Ithaca's lawsuit challenges the approval of synthetic turf fields, citing public health and environmental risks ...

UTA chemists explain how plastic pyrolysis works to breaks down plastic waste into molecules that be used again ...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive ...

Experts have used AI to produce images predicting how the average man and woman could look after exposure to microplastics.