Microplastics Can Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier, A New Study Suggests — Here’s Why That Matters

Plastic levels in the brain were much higher than in organs surveyed.

Your Body Is Awash In Microplastics — Should You Be Worried?

Microplastics are all around us. The real question is what harm do they actually do?

This is What Happens When You Breathe in Microplastics

A map and model of where plastic particles travel inside the lungs help us better understand the health effects

A New Study Found Microplastics In Every Testicle It Sampled — How Bad Is That?

They’ve also been found in almost every human organ.

The Link Between Health Problems And Microplastics Just Got A Lot Stronger

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has linked microplastics with risk to human health.

Microplastics Have Been Discovered in Whale and Dolphin Body Tissue

Microplastics are showing up in marine mammals, which bodes poorly for humans, too.

Alarming levels of microplastics are in your seafood, study finds

Your oyster is more than an aphrodisiac — it’s also feeding you microplastic.

This Surprisingly Basic Technology Might Finally Rid Our Drinking Water of Microplastics

The future of water purification sounds great.

Disease-causing parasites could be hitching a ride to the beach on microplastics

Our research found that plastic had two to three times more parasites than seawater.

3 straightforward changes to reduce microplastics in your life

New research shows they're everywhere — including our houses. Here's what you can do about it.

Microplastics are dangerously durable forever pollution

Scientists find three alarming sources.

Microplastics are turning up in surprising places more and more

So what can be done?

Inverse Daily: Microplastics Are Polluting More Than Just Our Water

New research shows how surprising quantities of microplastics are reaching the Arctic.

Arctic Study Shows That Microplastics Are Polluting Much More Than Our Water

"What did surprise us though was the sheer number in some of the samples."

California Teen Collects 40,000 Golf Balls to Save Ocean From Microplastics

She and her friends collected them one by one.

Microplastics From Cars Are Getting Worse, but There's One Solution  

"These particles won’t go away even if we have electric cars" 

Human Poop Reveals How Bad the Microplastics Problem Has Become

Imagine the Great Pacific Garbage patch, but in our guts.

A 7th-Grader Built an Underwater Rover to Save Oceans From Microplastics

'She has all of the qualities — all of those essential ingredients — to be a great scientist.'

Microplastics Hitch a Ride to Clean Waters on Sea Ice, Study Shows

These hitchhikers could cause a lot of damage when they're released.