Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

Make a few easy changes in your kitchen to help cut down on microplastic exposure — here's how to get started.

Rice is also a hot spot for microplastics. A University of Queensland study found that for every half cup of rice, there are ...

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

Injection molder Hy-Ten Plastics Inc. has gone back to the future by offering micromolding work. Milford N.H.-based Hy-Ten last did micromolding in 1997 and got back into the market earlier this year ...

A group of scientists in Japan has created a new form of plastic that combines the strength required for everyday use with ...

With recent studies revealing the harmful and worrying health effects of microplastics, it's more important than ever to use ...

Activist shareholder group As You Sow is targeting tire maker Goodyear over "microplastic" pollution. That's because a lot of the waste found floating in oceans that is labeled as microplastics is ...

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Researchers have found yet another potential contributor to the increasing amount of microplastics found in our bodies: gum. According to a pilot study presented during the American Chemical ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You may recall that during one of our news roundup episodes last month, I mentioned a new study on microplastics ...