Most people know microplastic pollution poses a risk to our health, but as Mongabay recently reported, researchers are discovering that marine animals are suffering the same disastrous consequences as ...

The study said that once inhaled, microplastics and nanoplastics can carry additives, absorbed chemicals, and pathogens into ...

Postdoctoral fellow Derek Ho has been nominated for the Frontiers Planet Prize for his research on microplastic detection. The Frontiers Planet Prize — awarded yearly to three international recipients ...

No microplastic particle is safe from bounty-hunting "microcleaners" By Ben Coxworth March 28, 2025 This diagram shows how the microcleaners use soft dendritic colloids to collect submerged ...

It may be time to find America’s next top bottle. In a new scientific paper, three physicians report that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water could cut your microplastic intake by about ...