Plastic feeding bottles release an average of 4 million microplastic particles per litre into baby formula during preparation, but it still isn’t clear whether ingesting microplastics is harmful to ...

A new French study has revealed that drinks sold in glass bottles may carry more microplastics than those packaged in plastic. Researchers at France’s food safety agency ANSES found higher ...

Tea drinkers have been urged to avoid plastic tea bags after tests found that a single bag sheds billions of particles of microplastic into each cup. A Canadian team found that steeping a plastic tea ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to transform plastic carrier bags, a significant form of plastic pollution, into a tough, flexible fabric-like sheet using easily accessible techniques that require ...

Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment are ...