LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Today) - Plastics have revolutionized modern life, from containers that store food and water to medical devices that save lives. But their tiniest byproducts — micro- and ...

Ripping the plastic wrap from the meat or prepackaged fruit and veggies you purchased at the grocery store may contaminate your food with micro- and nanoplastics, according to new research. Plastic ...

Researchers found that patients with microplastics in their arterial plaque were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or die within three years. A 2025 study published in the New ...

We already know that plastics are everywhere, in our oceans, soil, and even in the food we eat. But what most of us don't realise is that plastic is also in the air we breathe, especially inside our ...

The world’s reliance on plastic has many unseen consequences on human health, enabling fragments of micro- and nano-plastics — and the chemicals that they’re composed of — to proliferate throughout ...

I don’t want this column to be “that guy that’s always ranting about bad microplastics reporting,” but gosh, sometimes it’s impossible to resist. I’ve been trying really, really hard to stay away from ...