With microplastics and nanoplastics present all over the globe, Northeast Ohio researchers overview human and animal studies ...

Plastic pollution has moved from oceans and beaches into the most intimate corners of the human body. Tiny fragments of ...

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a ...

Microplastics are often named as a major polluter of both the planet and our bodies, but what does the actual science say?

How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body? A series of headline-grabbing studies in the last few years ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. Microplastics have been found in brain tissue above the nose, suggesting a likely passageway for microscopic plastic shards and fibers to ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - New research is sounding the alarm about what happens when plastic breaks down over time and where it ends up in our bodies. The plastic forms smaller particles called ...

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

Plastics from food packaging are being found in human bloodstreams. Heating food in plastic containers increases the transfer of plastics and harmful chemicals. Consumers can reduce their exposure by ...

Most of us don't think twice when we reach for a plastic water bottle at the airport or on a hot summer day. But new research suggests you’re not just drinking water when you take a big glug from ...

Finding ways to connect the human body to technology could have broad applications in health and entertainment. A new "electric plastic" could make self-powered wearables, real-time neural interfaces, ...