Data from microplastic analyses can inform health recommendations and policy decisions. Machine learning is one tool ...

Microplastics could lead to increasing incidence rates of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, according to Professor Luke O’Neill.

The compound that gives fruits, vegetables, and flowers their color counteracts the toxicity of microplastics, a new study ...

"More studies are needed to fully understand the risk." Scientists make alarming discovery about health risks for people ...

Having worked as a toxicologist in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at King's College London for ten years, I ...

Microplastics are particles between 1 micrometer (0.001 millimetre) and 5 millimetres. Nanoplastic particles are even smaller. Everyone can reduce their own intake of nano- and microplastics, the trio ...

Uma Mani’s journey as an ocean conservationist started with a childhood passion for painting, though she lacked the ...

A frustrated resident shared a disturbing image of their town's local trash bin. Though the bin was empty, people still chose ...

A new effort to ban the use of plastic bags has begun in the state Legislature. Rep. Maureen Madden, D-Tannersville, along with fellow Democrat Reps. Tarik Khan, Mandy Steele and Greg Scott, are ...