Microplastics scientists are finding the tiny particles everywhere, even in their own research laboratories. So how do they ...

Lab gloves contaminate microplastics research with stearate salts that mimic plastic signatures, creating false positives ...

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A University of Michigan researcher stumbled upon a crucial caveat for every study of microplastics—lab gloves may have ...

Americans unknowingly consume thousands of microplastic particles annually. New research suggests dietary fiber might help flush dangerous plastics from your digestive system.

"The average person now carries about a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastic in their brain. Not in our oceans or landfills — in our brains." ...

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The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would seek to remove microplastics and pharmaceuticals from drinking ...

Researchers discovered a standard piece of lab equipment has added thousands of microplastic ‘false positives’ per each ...

Researchers have found microplastic everywhere they've looked, including the remote sparsely populated island nation of ...

We should not underestimate the prevalence of microplastics. They are everywhere—in our rivers, our lungs, and even in our ...