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Plastic isn’t just surrounding us anymore. Scientists are finding tiny pieces of it inside us.

Microplastics have been reported in human blood and numerous tissues, adding an unsettling new dimension to the world’s plastic pollution problem. Researchers are now trying to ans...

The Microplastics Epidemic in Indonesia

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.

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Microplastics are linked to inflammation—scientists might have finally worked out why

Microplastics interact with water to create highly reactive molecules, a new study finds

Freshwater Wetlands Act as Microplastics Traps

Researchers have demonstrated that freshwater wetlands trap and move microplastics, highlighting a major pollution challenge for coastal watersheds.

Microplastics Are Chemically Active, and Could Cause Biological Harm

A new study found that when microplastics contact water, their surfaces can become chemically reactive. This could be how they get us sick.

Microplastics may produce harmful molecules if they enter our blood

In a lab experiment, microplastics generated harmful molecules when exposed to blood, which may damage cells

Microplastics in your clothes?

Many of today’s shoppers fear something that lurks in their closets.It may have great structure, but it’s a bit stiff. It may look good from afar, but on the body it can be scratch...

Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own

Its effect on people remains an ongoing question.

Plastic fused to coral rubble raises new concerns for ocean pollution

From the seafloor to turtle stomachs, scientists are finding plastic everywhere they look for it. Now, researchers in Japan have found plastic thermally adhered to coral rubble, an...

Microplastics found in every Delaware River Watershed site tested, researchers say

The Murderkill River runs through parts of Kent County and may look fine from the surface — but researchers say there is plastic pollution hiding in the water.

New research shows how microplastics and water interactions could lead to cell damage

When water comes into contact with plastic surfaces, a key chemical reaction does take place, new research indicates.

New Protocol Reveals Millions of Microplastic Clues Hidden in Greenhouse Soils

Beneath the sea of plastic greenhouses that blankets Almería in southern Spain, the soil is quietly accumulating something far smaller than the vast polyethylene sheets that cover...

New research shows how microplastics and water interactions could lead to cell damage

LOS ANGELES — Scientists have found microplastics in virtually every part of the human body. Yet many questions remain about what exactly these infinitesimal flecks of synthetic po...

Russian scientists create Arctic microplastics' first digital passport

By using it, neural networks will be able to distinguish with an accuracy of more than 96% polyethylene from polypropylene right in the ocean, and environmentalists will have an ac...

How microplastics may weaken the human immune system

Microplastics have become one of the most pervasive signs of the industrial age, turning up in the deepest ocean trenches, on alpine peaks, in the food we eat and the air we breath...

Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins

Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study findsMicroplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and b...

Optimized method extracts soil nanoplastics while preserving particle integrity

The Invisible Plastic Beneath Our Feet: Scientists Unearth Soil’s Nanoplastics — and Reveal How Much Slips Through the Net Soil may be one of the planet’s great hidden reservoirs o...

Method for quantification of microplastic release from plastic-based materials during weathering

You are the science news desk of a major English-language science magazine. Complete the task immediately. Never ask the reader what to do, never offer editing options, and never r...

Scientists make concerning discovery about lung cancer and microplastics

Microplastics have been found in the deepest reaches of the ocean and throughout the human body

Are Microplastics Hiding in Your Diet in WA, Without You Knowing?

Ever thought about what’s really in our food? A recent study sheds light on the creeping concern of tiny plastics in our diets. Continue reading…

Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say

Report calls for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution as soil ‘is a complex living ecosystem’The accumulation of microplastics in soil presents an emerging threat...

Inhaled Microplastics Linked To Lung Cancer, Study Finds

TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2026 — People with lung cancer are more likely to have hidden deposits of microplastics in their lungs, a new study says.About 66% of lung cancer patients had de...