The full extent of the health impacts of microplastics is not yet known. A 2024 study points to the possibility that they can ...

Microplastics are literally everywhere, in the air we breathe and on remote mountaintops. Is there any way to actually avoid ...

(And why are microplastics in our cleaning products anyway?) ...

Primary microplastics, which are manufactured for use in products like cosmetics and cleaning agents, and secondary ...

When Joshua Khorsandi moved to Las Vegas last year to start at UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, he noticed many restaurants using plastic cutting boards to prepare food ...

Some microplastics are intentionally manufactured for industrial and domestic purposes (primary microplastics ... and personal healthcare products. Secondary microplastics are created by the ...

or color or shimmer — these are considered primary sources of microplastics. Secondary microplastics in cleaning products can result from the breakdown of larger plastic materials such as ...

Primary microplastics are manufactured at microscopic sizes for use in products such as cosmetics, personal care items, or for industrial applications. Secondary microplastics, however ...

That’s the unsettling takeaway from a new study co-lead by Matthew Campen, who found microplastics in human ... He suspects that a primary route of entry is through our food, particularly ...