The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Environmental Health Matters Initiative organized a webinar series to explore human exposure to and related health effects of ...

Microplastics research faces standardization challenges as viral headlines about "plastic in your brain" overshadow ...

A new study from West Virginia University adds to the growing catalog of evidence that microplastics are everywhere on Earth, including the water, air, and wildlife in national parks.

A recent study published by Portland State University discovered a variety of microplastics in 180 out of 182 tested seafood ...

Feces from a variety of wild animals help illustrate how widespread microplastics have become in the Swiss wilderness.

Organ-on-a-chip systems offer a more accurate, ethical, and scalable alternative to animal testing in drug discovery and ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics range from mountain peaks to brain cells, raising urgent questions regarding their impact on human health.

Microplastics were present in 69% of the follicular fluid samples analysed. The most frequently detected polymer was PTFE, ...

New research presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) ...

Microplastics get into your body through food, water, and air, says Stephanie Wright, PhD, a senior lecturer in environmental ...

Microplastics have been found nearly everywhere in the human body. Experts explain how harmful they may be for our health, ...