Refraining from microwaving or cooking food in plastic is one of the most important ways to reduce your microplastic exposure ...

Plastic doesn't biodegrade, which means that it persists ... ingest microplastics through water and food. Microplastics can pass the blood-brain barrier and have recently been discovered in ...

While scientists have discovered bacteria that can eat plastic, a lot of it is still slowly breaking down. The bad news is that most of it will take centuries to decompose. Here’s a look at how ...

Meet Hydropol, the plastic that dissolves in water — and could solve London's fatberg crisis - Wipes made from this new ...