A study found smokers were far more likely to have microplastics in the blood supplying their hearts, suggesting smoking and ...

A small new study adds to the evidence that microplastics can accumulate in the body and are tied to higher levels of ...

A new European Heart Journal study has found that heart attack patients carry significantly higher levels of microplastics ...

The link between a diet high in ultraprocessed foods and poor mental health, as well as cognitive decline, has been well-documented — and a new paper published Tuesday offers a theory about why they ...

People who suffered a serious heart attack had higher levels of micro- and nanoplastics in their blood compared with patients ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Plastics are ubiquitous in products we use every day, and recent studies have begun to reveal the effects of micro- and nanoplastics (MPs and NPs) on the health of humans and animals. Much research on ...

I don’t want this column to be “that guy that’s always ranting about bad microplastics reporting,” but gosh, sometimes it’s impossible to resist. I’ve been trying really, really hard to stay away from ...

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To track the course of inhaled microplastics and their even smaller counterparts, nanoplastics, the study authors constructed a detailed computer model of the human respiratory system from the nose to ...

A new study found that college students who leaned on takeout were loaded with microplastics, and that exposure was linked to microbiome shifts tied to health concerns. Researchers in China studied ...