Plastic pollution has moved from oceans and beaches into the most intimate corners of the human body. Tiny fragments of ...

Microplastics are no longer just an environmental issue. Emerging data suggest they could also play a role in cardiovascular ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human ...

Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries ...

Researchers have detected microplastics in blood, placentas, and organs. A scientific review explains how they affect human biology.

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...

New research raises red flags about what all that invisible plastic might be doing to the human body. You may already know that microplastics lurk in your takeout containers and your junk food. But ...

Researchers found that patients with microplastics in their arterial plaque were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or die within three years. A 2025 study published in the New ...

Micro- and nanoplastics are increasingly detected in human tissues, including the brain, and experimental evidence suggests ...