Evidence is accumulating that microplastics found nearly everywhere are also invading our bodies. What should you do?

“I was surprised at the ubiquity of microplastics in the human body,” Rick Smith, executive producer of the documentary, said in an interview with Mongabay. The film grew out of Smith’s 2020 ...

Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look – including throughout the human body.

Some of the microplastics we ingest may come from the kitchen tools we use to prepare what we eat. If you want to reduce your ...

such as plastic containers and room wallpaper. They have also been found in human bodies. Phthalates have short half-life periods--the time it takes until there is only half as much of them in the ...

Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't know the full ...

C hemicals in furniture and children’s toys could impact the quality of your sleep. New research shows that chemicals hidden ...

Even if more plastic were recycled, that probably would not keep it from building up in human bodies. The past few years of research show that plastics we use daily are shedding microscopic bits ...

There often are tiny bits of plastic in the fish and shellfish we ... Now they are trying to determine what that means for human health. So far science lacks evidence that microplastics—pieces ...