As it stands, though, individuals are left to mediate their own relationship to plastic, in a world where plastic is the ...

Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy ...

It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

Evidence of microplastics, which are in everything from clothes to water bottles, has been found in human brains, researchers ...

A new study identified the tiny pollutants in the olfactory bulbs of eight cadavers, suggesting microplastics can travel ...

Microplastics continue to be found in some concerning parts of the human body. A new study published Sept. 16 in the JAMA ...

Megan Hill is an assistant professor of chemistry and leader of the Hill Lab in Colorado State University's College of ...

However, the new study suggests that there's "a potential pathway for the translocation of microplastics to the brain" via ...

Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

“This study finds that the olfactory pathway is a potential major entry route for plastic into the brain, meaning that ...