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 ...

Dear Doctors: The more I read about microplastics, the more I want to do something to lower my family's exposure to them. Any thoughts? Also, what is so much worse about microplastics than dust or ...

Scientists in Germany have found that microscopic plastic particles make up a measurable share of urban air pollution, with ...

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 ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics, two of the smallest and most invisible forms of plastic pollution, may pose risks to human health. This is one of the main conclusions of the European project ...

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 ...

New warming culprit: Researchers found coloured airborne microplastics absorb sunlight, adding to global heat retention and intensifying climate change effects. Hotspot concerns: In regions like the ...

Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, revealing a low-energy and widespread pathway for plastic pollution that operates wherever water meets plastic.