plastic particles

Doctors found tiny microplastics in people’s arteries. Their presence was tied to a higher risk of heart disease.

Health
Rachel Carter

People with microplastics and nanoplastics in plaque lining a major blood vessel in their neck may have a higher risk of heart ...

Tiny water-walking bugs provide scientists with insights on how microplastics are pushed underwater

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that can cause big problems when they enter the water supply. One way my fluid dynamics lab ...

Which proteins contain the most microplastics?

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

If you’re eating protein, you could be ingesting hundreds of tiny pieces of plastic each year, research finds. A new study by ...

Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics, new study shows. How can you avoid them?

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

Scientists from Columbia University are raising alarm bells about the amount of small flecks of plastic — known as nanoplastics — in ...

Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics so small they can invade the body’s cells, study says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

In a trailblazing new study, researchers have discovered bottled water sold in stores can contain 10 to 100 times more bits of ...