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Microplastics

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Microplastics Found at Higher Levels in Blood of Heart Attack Patients

The finding suggests environmental plastics may be linked to acute coronary events and requires larger, standardized studies to test causality.

Brain Microplastics Declared a Health Emergency

Airborne Microplastics Warm the Planet at About One-Sixth of Soot’s Effect

EPA Flags Microplastics for Drinking-Water Review as HHS Backs $144 Million Health Study

EPA Targets Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water as HHS Launches $144 Million STOMP Program

EPA Flags Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals for Drinking-Water Monitoring

Study Finds Common Lab Gloves Can Inflate Microplastics Counts

Lab Gloves Found to Distort Microplastic Measurements

NIR-II Tracers Reveal Microplastics’ Path Through the Body in Real Time

New Measurements Reveal Far Higher Airborne Microplastics Over Chinese Megacities

RIKEN Team Reports Cellulose Plastic That Dissolves in Seawater Without Microplastics

Pew Report Says Reuse and Deposit-Return Could Nearly End Packaging Plastic Pollution by 2040

Hong Kong Faults Foam Boards in Wang Fuk Court Fire, Expands Arrests and Citywide Checks

California Sues 3 Plastic Bag Makers, Reaches Settlements With 4 Over False ‘Recyclable’ Claims

Ex Vivo Study Finds Common Microplastics Alter Gut Microbiome in Patterns Seen in Colorectal Cancer

Microplastics Alter Human Gut Microbiome in Early Study Presented at UEG Week

Microplastics Found in Every Indus River Dolphin Examined, Study Finds

Santa Cruz County and Two Cities to Ban Sales of Filtered Cigarettes in 2027

Microplastics Linked to Bone Harm in Major Review as New Animal Tests Begin

Copenhagen Scientists Upcycle PET Trash Into BAETA Carbon-Capture Material