A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, ...

Scientists show how ingested microplastics have similar effects on the endocrine systems of fulmars and humans ...

While they can’t be entirely avoided, here are a few simple tweaks you can make to reduce microplastic exposure.

"Hawaii is on the frontlines of the plastic crisis, as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre collects marine debris and delivers [it] to our shorelines—this is debris from countries across the Pacific, ...

You might not see them, but they’re everywhere–in your shampoo, your takeout box, even the clothing you wear. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles, less than 5 millimeters in size, that ...

A study in rats found that ingesting chitosan, a dietary fiber from shells, significantly increased the fecal excretion rate ...

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 ...

It's not just seafood anymore. Microplastics are showing up in snacks, sweets and even vegetables.

Not downstream or from sewage plants but at the literal source. It’s a stunning reversal of assumptions. Scientists believed freshwater systems began accumulating plastic in recent decades. But this ...

After Baltimore settles pollution lawsuits, Maryland officials report progress at the two treatment plants and announce community projects that are part of the consent decree.

Seabirds and other marine wildlife are ingesting an increasing amount of plastics as pollution in the ocean rises. A recent study finds that sable shearwater chicks that consume high levels of ...