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 ...

A physics-based sperm-screening technique could offer a more accurate at-home test for people trying to conceive ...

Three teenagers in New York designed a cardboard, called Kiriboard, to replace plastic packaging ... in animals' and humans' body tissues and blood, and even in rain all over the planet.

Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look — including throughout the human body. Microplastics ... animal experiments to test for cause and effect.

Nanoplastic fragments are even smaller than "microplastics" and can be absorbed into the body ... human brains at much higher concentrations than in other organs. Even more alarmingly, the plastic ...

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are proposing a statewide anti-microplastics act to limit the impact that microplastics have on the ...

Evidence suggests that chitosan dissolves in gastric juices and binds to bile acids in the GI tract. Researchers discover ...

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

Researchers report the first evidence that therapeutic apheresis, a blood-filtration technique, can remove microplastic- and ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with 559,000 yearly deaths worldwide, and many of them come from hospital-acquired ...