Turns out all those peer-reviewed studies warning that micro- and nanoplastics infest your brain, blood and gonads . . .

Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down – are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health. I am a ...

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Microplastics have shifted from an abstract pollution problem in distant oceans to a concrete health issue inside our own ...

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Microplastics range from about the width of a bacterium to several millimeters across. Nanoplastics are smaller still. These ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) Microplastics – the tiny ...