For people, the concern is direct exposure. Humans may consume up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of plastic particles weekly ...

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then ...

Researchers have known for decades that tiny plastic particles were accumulating in rivers and lakes. But they're only ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink tap water, ...

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Once invisible to most, microplastics have become one of the biggest health and environmental concerns of 2025 — showing up ...

One of the researchers behind a pioneering new study on bottled water answers PEOPLE's questions about their investigation's unsettling findings Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses ...

Scientists studying how tiny particles of plastic affect our everyday lives say that the amount of nanoplastics found in bottled water is between 10 to 100 times higher than researchers had previously ...

Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of ...

Researchers developed a plant based plastic that stays strong during use but dissolves safely in seawater, leaving no ...

The average one-liter plastic bottle of water contains levels of “nanoplastics” that are 100 times higher than previously thought, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed study, the first to test ...