According to the research, a single polypropylene bottle exposed to hot water released more microplastic and nanoplastic ...

When we think of plastic pollution, our minds often go to trash-smothered oceans or photos of marine life tangled in nets. But scientists are now learning that plastics are also permeating the world’s ...

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Swap your plastic tools for these silicone cooking utensils that won’t leach microplastics into your food. These 9 ...

The Bokalaka 10-Piece Wooden Kitchen Utensil Set is the perfect microplastic-free, non-toxic kitchen swap. The teakwood ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 25, 2025) The scientific literature shows that microplastics (MPs) and pesticides, both ubiquitous throughout the environment, have synergistic effects that threaten aquatic ...

Every day, humans unknowingly consume the equivalent of a credit card’s worth of plastic particles, accumulating to approximately 50 plastic bags worth of microplastics annually. These microscopic ...

Researchers in Xi’an found city air microplastics tripled after COVID-19, with masks and pollution driving fibers into lungs, ...

According to a new study, microplastics in the air in Xi'an city, China, more than tripled during the time period of their ...

Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...