Disposable coffee cups shed trillions of tiny plastic particles daily, hazard screen finds
A new study estimates disposable coffee cups could shed up to 2.74 × 10¹¹ submicron plastic particles per person daily ...
Tag: nanoplastics
Microplastics Rain Down on Mount Everest Year-Round, Study Finds
Year-long monitoring on Everest's northern slope shows atmospheric microplastics and nanoplastics arriving continuously through both short-range and long-range transport.
Polystyrene Nanoplastics Drive Colorectal Tumors in Mice by Disrupting Gut Microbiome and Immunity
A mouse study finds chronic polystyrene nanoplastic exposure promotes colorectal tumorigenesis by depleting a protective gut bacterium and weakening Th17 ...
Europe’s Research Infrastructures Push to Untangle the Microplastics Mess
A new perspective argues that coordinating European research infrastructures is the key to overcoming fragmentation in micro- and nanoplastic research.
CLEAN Framework Applies Occupational Safety Logic to Global Microplastic Pollution
A new review proposes the CLEAN framework—Cut, Lock, Extract, Amend, Network—as a prevention-driven One Health roadmap for managing microplastic pollution ...
Gut-on-a-chip reveals how 20 nm nanoplastics may inflame intestinal cells
A Caco-2 spheroid and organ-on-a-chip study reports that 20 nm polystyrene nanoplastics induced oxidative, inflammatory, and epithelial-associated alterations in a ...
Micro- and Nanoplastics May Harm Oocytes Through Oxidative Stress and Endocrine Disruption, Review Finds
A new review synthesizes animal and human evidence suggesting that micro- and nanoplastics may impair oocyte development through several molecular ...
Systematic review finds major gaps in assessing plastic contaminants in infant food
A systematic review finds critical methodological gaps in exposure estimates for microplastics, nanoplastics and oligomers in infant food.
Scoping review finds intestinal microplastic research dominated by simplified lab models
A scoping review of 90 studies finds intestinal micro- and nanoplastic research heavily concentrated in Caco-2 in vitro models, polystyrene ...
Micro- and Nanoplastics Research Surges but Stays Rooted in Environmental Toxicology
A bibliometric analysis of 2,068 publications from 2009 to 2025 finds that micro- and nanoplastics research has surged in recent ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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