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Plastic Tea Bags Steep Thousands of Microplastics Into Every Cup—and That’s Not All

Microplastics Are Infiltrating Our Bodies. Chemical Companies Saw This Coming Decades Ago

Industry Executives Knew For Decades That Microplastics Were Infiltrating the Human Body

Scientists Discover Why Microplastics Trigger Inflammation

Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

Microplastics Are Chemically Alive and Probably Up to No Good

Low-cost 3D-printed filter removes up to 90% of microplastics from water

In a Warrenton, Virginia garage an 18-year-old Kettle Run High School student named Mia Heller built a membrane-free water filter the size of a bag of flour, three modules, one litre a pass, and her turbidity sensor logged 95.52% of microplastics pulled out by magnetic oil.

Swarms of Tiny Robots Remove Microplastics From Soil and Water

What Do We Know About the Microplastics Inside Us?

‘You have to be where the pollution is’: the inventor hoping to fix your washing machine to stop microplastics

How Microplastics Are Likely Helping To Heat Up the Planet

EPA Flags Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water

Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics

High school student develops membrane-free filter that removes most microplastics from water

A High School Student Just Built a Water Filter That Removes 96% of Microplastics, Without Expensive Equipment

This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water

Microplastics and Nanoplastics In Urban Air Originate Mainly From Tire Abrasion, Research Reveals

Microplastics From Washing Clothes Could Be Hurting Your Tomatoes

Doubt Cast On Discovery of Microplastics Throughout Human Body