# While the jury is still out, according to some scientists, on the extent of harm posed by microplastics, the negative impact on human health of some of the chemicals used to manufacture plastics has ...

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

A new study found that chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. Both synthetic and natural ...

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

Microplastics are in our water, air and seafood. It's been recently discovered to be in chewing gum, too. Here's what to know ...

Micro-particles of plastic that come from items ... But the agriculture industry itself only accounts for a little over 3% of all plastics used globally. About 40% of all plastics are used in ...

Why researchers want to study plastics in farm fields Micro-particles of plastic that come from items like clothes, medications and beauty products sometimes appear in fertilizer made from the ...

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 ...