Microplastics

A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles significantly…

With new kitchen tools launching constantly — and safety warnings popping up just as often — it can feel overwhelming…

Summer is fast approaching, and so are its heat waves. It’s important to stay hydrated, but recent research revealed that…

After reading recent reports of the health risks associated with using plastic cutting boards and Teflon-coated cookware, I decided to…

A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans. Amongst…

War zones, microplastics and street lights are among the emerging threats to the bee population, according to scientists. Bee experts…

Think you’re not eating microplastics? Think again. Researchers at UCLA have uncovered something unsettling: microplastics are released directly into your…

Microplastics have been found for the first time in human ovary follicular fluid, raising a new round of questions about…

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people’s health when consumed…

This is a non-exhaustive list of places microplastics have been found: Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, Antarctic snow, clouds, plankton,…