Microplastics Aren't Just Found in Seafood Anymore. These Are 9 Other Foods to Watch

What YOU Can Do About Microplastics in Our Water!

Clean water is a human right, yet as many as 150 million people in the U.S. — nearly half the population — could have unreliable access to safe water due to contamination from toxic lead and PFAS “forever chemicals.” In the midst of this injustice, research is growing on another major threat: microplastics. At our March Livable Future LIVE event, we spoke with the Director of the Public Water for All campaign, Mary Grant, researcher Natalie Balb…

Doctors Say They’ve Found a Way to Clean the Microplastics Out of Your Body

A high-end clinic is offering the ability to cleanse your body of microplastics — so long as you can shell out for it.

Microplastics Aren't Just Found in Seafood Anymore. These Are 9 Other Foods to Watch

Microplastics are everywhere, including in your diet. These are the top foods that hide more than you think.

Researchers sound alarm on the health impacts of drinking from plastic water bottles: 'This points to a wider issue'

Researchers have linked microplastics to yet another health problem. What's happening? A July study showed that abstaining from liquids in disposable bottles can lower blood pressure and therefore likely decrease the risk of heart problems, Earth.com reported. The study focused on eight young adults from Austria, including five women. They were asked to drink only tap water and not consume liquids from plastic or glass bottles for one month. The…

Letter to the editor: What are microplastics doing in our bodies?

To the Editor: Fossil fuel companies double plastics every 10-15 years, leaving an environmental soup of engineered and degraded microparticles (the...

Starch-based microplastics linked to health issues in mouse study - Tech and Science Post

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people’s health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, researchers created plastics from plant starch instead of petroleum. An initial study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows how animals consuming particles from this alternative material developed health problems such as liver damage…