Microplastics have been detected in human blood, lungs, and brain tissue. Environmental health advocate Lindsay Dahl explains ...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic fragments with sizes ranging from millimeters (<5 mm) to nanometers, have become a growing environmental and public health concern. First identified in the ...

The situation is even worse in a family vehicle like the Jeep Grand Cherokee, where kids will throw things up front or drop ...

Plastic-infused asphalt can also save money. Because it lasts longer and resists cracking, cities may spend less on repairs and maintenance. In Rockwall, for example, early estimates suggest these ...

Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles.

Plastics are ever-present in our society. And they don't decompose, but become tiny particles called microplastics. And those have been found everywhere. Now, they're being found in some unexpected ...