Nanoplastics

Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Chemicals Agency.

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New study reveals the first signs that nanoplastics harm human health. Patients with microscopic plastics in their arteries multiply their risk of myocardial infarction, stroke and death by 4.5

Micro- and nanoplastics in the body are passed on during cell division

Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry

Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics so small they can invade the body’s cells, study says

Nanoplastics Linked to Changes in Brain Proteins Associated With Parkinson's, Study Finds

Nanoplastics promote conditions for Parkinson's across various lab models

New Study Reveals How Nanoplastics Can Impact Metabolism

Nanoplastics Interfere With Developing Chicken Embryos in Terrifying Ways

Nanoplastics unexpectedly produce reactive oxidizing species when exposed to light

How do nanoplastics affect crop yield and nutrition?

Nanoplastics can disrupt human liver, lung cells' processes in lab experiments

Nanoplastics can move up the food chain from plants to insects and from insects to fish

Detecting nanoplastics in the air

New Method Allows Scientists To Remove 95% of Nanoplastics

How do cells react to micro- and nanoplastics?

Health risk due to micro- and nanoplastics in food

Plastic Snowfall in the Alps – Nanoplastics Permeate the Environment

Effects of nanoplastics on Canadian and Guadeloupean oysters

Nanoplastics -- an underestimated problem?