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 ...
Reducing contact with plastic in food lowers chemical levels in the body in just one week, according to a recent study ...
Microplastics have invaded your kitchen, and plastic utensils are to blame. While plastic utensils are often more affordable than the alternatives, they could also be leaking microplastics into your ...
Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...
Simple ways to combat the invisible invasion of microplastics ...