People with microplastics and nanoplastics in the plaque lining a large blood vessel in their neck may be at higher risk of heart attack, stroke or death, new research suggests. The findings, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, are the first time scientists have linked these tiny plastic particles, created as a… Read More »
If you consume protein, you could be swallowing hundreds of small pieces of plastic every year, research finds. A new study by researchers from the non-profit Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto found that microplastics — tiny particles ranging from a micrometer (thousandth of a millimeter) to half a centimeter in size — were… Read More »
The bottled water industry has challenged recent findings by Columbia University that its product contains hundreds of thousands of potentially dangerous “nanoplastics” (plastic particles small enough to enter human cells). In a statement to The Hill, an industry trade association urged people to stay calm (and continue drinking bottled water) while scientists develop a more… Read More »
A new study has found that the average bottle of water contains nearly a quarter of a million pieces of “nanoplastics”; The plastic particles are so small they could potentially glue the machinery of human cells. The findings, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provide a disturbing window into… Read More »
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers discovered that bottled water sold in stores may contain 10 to 100 times more pieces of plastic than previously estimated; The nanoparticles were so small that they could not be seen under a microscope. Experts say nanoplastics, which are one-1000th the width of an average human hair, are small… Read More »