"People also deserve to know." Study discovers concerning side effect of using microwaves: '[This] should be a wake-up call' ...

Expert Review Finds ‘Microwave-Safe’ Plastic Containers May Not Be as Safe as Consumers Think ...

A new study tracking microplastics in the bodies of mice in real time discovered a disturbing pattern, adding to a growing body of research suggesting a public health crisis could be at hand. The ...

FILE - A runner grabs a bottle of water at the athlete's village prior to the start of the Boston Marathon, in 2012. We live in a world where microplastics are everywhere — and that’s not hyperbole.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microplastics may seem like a wellness buzzword, but studies are accumulating about the amount we consume daily, with the ...

Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Research has found that microwaving food in plastic for just three minutes can release millions of tiny plastic particles ...

Micro- and nanoplastic particles accumulate to higher concentrations in the placentae of infants born prematurely than those born at term. This is the conclusion of a team of U.S. researchers who ...

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 ...