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One of the most significant ways plastic particles end up in our food is through single-use plastics that break down and find ...

Business Waste used the latest studies to create shocking images that illustrate how high levels of microplastic exposure can ...

A toxic metal used in MRI scans may pose greater health risks than previously known, especially in people who consume foods ...

Microplastics are pervasive in our environment and can contaminate our food through kitchen items like old plastic containers ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

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SCIENTISTS have discovered a simple way to remove microplastics from tap water – after the tiny plastic fragments were linked ...

Recent studies have shown microplastics are omnipresent in our surroundings and accumulating inside our bodies, says Keir ...

Microplastics have been found in unborn cats, proving that plastic pollution can reach fetal tissues early in pregnancy.