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Fleece fragments in a washer flow into a wastewater treatment plant. A plastic bag blows into a stream. A water bottle washes down a storm drain. All can end up in the region’s waterways as ...

A twelve-week mouse study shows that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in liver macrophages and disrupt metabolism in strikingly different ways depending on particle size.

"Microplastics and nano plastics represent a uniquely challenging environmental and public health problem," writes Bob ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Microplastics have already found their way into every environment on ...

Halting new marine plastic inputs by 2050 is the core objective of the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, which was shared and endorsed ...

Microplastics in our natural environments are of increasing concern as these tiny particles (<5mm diameter) pollute ecosystems, posing issues to the well-being of animals and humans alike. There are ...

Microplastics accumulated in liver macrophages in mice, impairing their function and disrupting liver metabolism, which ...

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Tiny plastic pieces have spread all over the planet — on land, in the air and even in clouds. An estimated 170 trillion bits of microplastic are estimated to be in the oceans alone. Across the globe, ...