(CBS NEWS) — The Department of Health and Human Services will is introducing a first-of-its-kind program to study microplastics and the effect they have on the human body, HHS Secretary Robert F.

KAMPALA, Uganda — In Uganda's Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. It's a problem that has long ...

The link between a diet high in ultraprocessed foods and poor mental health, as well as cognitive decline, has been well-documented — and a new paper published Tuesday offers a theory about why they ...

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...

They've been found in our lungs, brains and arteries - and until now, nobody could measure how much is inside us.

Scientists in Germany have found that microscopic plastic particles make up a measurable share of urban air pollution, with ...

Microplastics have been increasingly in the news and for good reason. They have been found in every human body system assessed, and have been associated with adverse health outcomes. Microplastics ...

Scientists warn that microplastics accumulating in the liver may worsen liver disease and pose a growing global health threat ...

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 ...

Humans are inhaling and ingesting plastic at staggering levels, with researchers finding a credit card’s worth of microplastics in our bodies every week. Humans Inhaled A Credit Card Of Plastic Every ...