Plastics are ubiquitous in products we use every day, and recent studies have begun to reveal the effects of micro- and nanoplastics (MPs and NPs) on the health of humans and animals. Much research on ...

The biggest shifts appeared in Bacillota — a key digestive bacteria group — alongside metabolite patterns associated with depression and colorectal disease. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning ...

People who suffered a serious heart attack had higher levels of micro- and nanoplastics in their blood compared with patients ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

A study published in European Heart Journal looks at microplastics and nanoplastics in the coronary circulation after a heart attack and air pollution exposure. Prof Alun Hughes, Professor of ...

A new study has found concerning findings that presence of microplastics in heart arteries could cause severe heart attacks.

Microplastics that have been used in leave-on cosmetic and personal care products are being overlooked by research and regulators, according to a new critical review conducted by scientists at the ...

Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the world by ...

Plastic recovered from northern fulmars being sorted. (Credit: Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge) This is the second study from a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz and SDZWA to reveal how plastic exposure ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production. Nano- and micro-plastics represent an urgent and rapidly growing field of research at the ...