The minuscule spheres, typically less than 5 millimeters in diameter, are the basic building blocks of nearly all plastic ...

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers say.Scientists led by the ...

A study exploring this was published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials and reported in ScienceDirect. Researchers used ...

Researchers have uncovered a troubling connection between plastic pollution in our seas and the acceleration of global warming. These minuscule plastic fragments, smaller than a pencil eraser and ...

Chances are sushi aficionados have left a restaurant take-out in tow and with a handful of adorable, but environmentally ...

While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

Microplastics range from about the width of a bacterium to several millimeters across. Nanoplastics are smaller still. These ...

Sarjna Rai - Read all the latest news, articles and videos by Sarjna Rai on the recent topics, trending and viral stories and top news headlines at Business Standard.

Microplastics Are Invading Your Meals - and Your Body Here's something that might make you rethink tonight's dinner. 11 ...

Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...

When drinking water, glass and copper bottles are two popular choices. Copper water bottles contain antimicrobial properties, ...

A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...