Environment ❯ Pollution ❯ Plastic Pollution ❯ Microplastics

Health Risks

New Lancet Review Links Early Plastic Chemical Exposure to Lasting Harm in Children

The authors urge tighter regulation to reduce everyday exposures in homes.

UN Negotiators in Final Push for Global Plastics Treaty

Study Reveals Adults Breathe in 68,000 Indoor Microplastic Particles Daily

Landmark Study Finds Microplastics in Human Reproductive Fluids

Study Ties Coastal Microplastic Pollution to Elevated Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

Microplastics Found in Human Brains Raise Alarming Health Concerns

Coca-Cola Considers Shift to Plastic Bottles Due to Aluminum Tariffs

Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Use of Paper Straws

Microplastics Found to Block Brain Vessels and Impair Function in Mice

Trump to Reverse Biden’s Federal Push for Paper Straws

Microplastics Found in Human Brain Tissue at Increasing Levels