Microplastics and their potentially harmful effects on human health (and the world) have been top-of-mind for the last few ...

Microplastics—minuscule pieces of plastic broken down from larger plastic waste—are a growing concern for human health, ...

The findings suggest that how packaged foods are stored can affect how many microplastics end up in them over time.

Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to ...

Plastic pollution may ripple downstream, threatening the human and wildlife communities that depend on glacier-fed waters.

Researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Sussex tested 38 foods from the 19 biggest brands for traces ...

An environmental engineer who mapped microplastic pollution in three of Pennsylvania’s watersheds explains what it means for ...

Follows U.S. EPA's April 2026 decision to include microplastics as a priority contaminant group under the Safe Drinking Water Act's draft ...

A study published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review has assessed the presence of microplastics in drinking water sources in Southern India. The work provides new evidence of the spread of ...

Together, the Indian trio has managed to develop a sustainable solution to tackle one of the world's most pressing environmental challenges—microplastic pollution in water ...

Water samples are assessed for pollution levels and any impact climate pressures may be having on the river system.