While Trump’s policy reversal may seem like a win for plastic industry interests, its long-term environmental impact could undo significant progress ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...

The olfactory nerves run from the inside of the nose, through the skull, and then directly into part of the brain called the ...

University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step ...

A new study found microplastics in the liver and kidneys of 52 people who had died – but the brain had the highest proportion of microplastics of all organs studied. The amount of tiny shards of ...

Microplastics pose a threat to heart health, causing harmful changes in vascular cells and increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases like atherosclerosis.

Researchers analyzed 91 brain samples from deceased individuals, finding plastic particles in all, with higher concentrations ...

Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body, including blood, breast milk, testicles, heart tissue, lung ...