Plastic is all around us. It’s in our homes, our schools, our cars, and even in our food and water. But a new report has revealed something shocking: this everyday material is causing serious harm—and ...

Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms for expelling foreign ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The film follows journalist Ziya Tong as she learns the latest science on microplastics and examines the microplastic pollution in her own body.

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Experts in environmental and human health from the University of Plymouth’s newly-established Centre of Environmental Hepatology are investigating whether the presence of microplastics and ...

Research reveals how invisible nanoparticles manipulate cellular messengers, undermining your gut’s delicate microbiome, raising new questions about the unseen health risks of environmental ...

Plastic pollution has long been recognised as a major threat to marine wildlife. However, scientists are increasingly warning that the growing presence of microplastics in the environment may also ...

A clinical trial investigating levels of plastic chemicals in the human body has found that a low-plastic diet could be a ...