As water companies are ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources ...

A new study has found that rainwater in Indonesia ’s capital Jakarta contains microplastics and potentially other toxic ...

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, July 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ever since they began to be mass-produced in the 1950s, single-use plastic water bottles have spread to ...

One local cotton gin manager is warning of the dangers caused by microplastics found in synthetic fibers, such as polyester.

Though we aren’t quite sure yet what the effects of microplastics – tiny pieces of plastic that work their way into our bodies through, well, pretty much everything – are, scientists have been looking ...

A September 2024 study found that of the 14,000 known food contact chemicals present in food packaging, 3,601 -- or approximately 25% -- were detected in humans. Specifically, 235 FCCs in materials ...

Microplastics are everywhere and in everything, including humans – and that’s not a good thing. Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

New findings are raising concerns about how the tiniest particles, microplastics and nanoplastics, might be damaging one of your most vital organs. Researchers at UC Davis found that ingesting ...

Plastic wrap serves many different purposes in the kitchen, from keeping food fresh to preventing spills -- but can it go ...