Chennai: Just because developed countries do not have label disclosing presence of micro plastics in water sold in PET ...

While talks on an international plastics treaty remain deadlocked, California is starting a process that could lead to ...

Micro- and nanoplastics have become one of the most pervasive contaminants of the modern world, and a new narrative review ...

Micro- and nanoplastics are a ubiquitous pollutant, and have been detected in food, farmland, seawater and snow. Plastics have even been found in the world's deepest oceans and highest mountains.

The link between a diet high in ultraprocessed foods and poor mental health, as well as cognitive decline, has been well-documented — and a new paper published Tuesday offers a theory about why they ...

Microplastics have turned up in yet another staple of the global diet, and this time the evidence comes with unusually ...

A new study found that college students who leaned on takeout were loaded with microplastics, and that exposure was linked to microbiome shifts tied to health concerns. Researchers in China studied ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Make New York Post a Preferred Source In February, scientists discovered a spoonful of microplastics lurking in human brains. Previous research ...

Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the world by ...

Madras High Court refuses review of warning labels on micro/nano plastics for bottled water, sugar, and salt, upholding ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...