A new study suggests that microplastics and nanoplastics might be interacting with the plaque that causes heart attacks and strokes. The study found high levels of plastic in the arterial plaque of ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Micronanoplastics—tiny plastic particles from environmental sources—were found in much higher concentrations in the arteries of people with plaque-related stroke symptoms compared to those with ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels ...