Microplastics have been found lodged deep in the lungs of living humans for the first time, the London Guardian reports. A new study, in the journal Science of the Total Environment, builds…
“You’re eating a credit card’s worth of plastic a week — and it’s killing your gut”, ran the headline in the New York Post yesterday. It seems that barely a week passes…
A new meta-analysis has clarified the serious damage microplastics can do to mammalian reproductive function. The new study, published in the journal Life Sciences, is yet further evidence of the dreadful toll…
Perhaps you’re one of those people who likes to put out their tongue to catch snowflakes, but after reading a new study on microplastic pollution, you may want to think again. In…
A newly published study shows that exposure to polystyrene microplastics has endocrine-disrupting effects and negative effects on fertility. The study of mice showed that the effects, while serious in males, were even…
Researchers in China have discovered that irritable bowel syndrome appears to be linked to increased levels of microplastics in the gut. Adults with the condition had 50% more microplastics in their stool…