The researchers, led by a team from Wuhan University in China, combined both chitin (derived from squid bone) and cellulose ...

StudyFinds' Dr. Faith Coleman reveals how harmful plastic pollution can be to the human body and how to prevent exposure.

Polymer tea bags release billions of plastic particles during brewing. They interact with intestinal cells, even entering the ...

The term was coined 20 years ago, but the tiny flakes have been around for much longer. Are they in your salt and sugar? Can ...

In a paper for Science Advances, environmental biotechnologists at Wuhan University write that their sponge "can remove 98.0 ...

UAB research has characterized in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and ...

Microplastics have been linked to colon and lung cancer, an international study has found.

A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of ...

Researchers are raising alarm about microplastic exposure in health care, with IV tubing a significant source of contamination.

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Some types of cancer may be caused by microplastics drifting through the air we breathe, San Francisco researchers said. A ...