The lining on the inside of a nonstick pan is made of plastic. When heated, it can release toxic fumes; when scratched, it ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Environmental Health Matters Initiative organized a webinar series to explore human exposure to and related health effects of ...

A recent study published by Portland State University discovered a variety of microplastics in 180 out of 182 tested seafood ...

Scientists have found microplastics in human men’s semen and women’s reproductive fluids, raising fertility concerns.

Microplastics were present in 69% of the follicular fluid samples analysed. The most frequently detected polymer was PTFE, ...

The presence of microplastics in semen and follicular fluid were not entirely unexpected. But the lead research author added: “What did surprise us, however, is how widespread it is. This is not an ...

Georgia Barrington, 28, from Maidstone, Kent, was diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome aged 15 - meaning she was born without a uterus and unable to carry a baby.

Plastic packaging was found to be a direct source of microplastics in food. Key GOP senator defects on crucial vote, imperiling Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in narrow majority ‘Fired’: CBS ...

Researchers at UCLA analyzed the contents of chewing gum and found on average, one gram of gum releases about 100 microplastics.