VANCOUVER - When food safety researcher Tianxi Yang became a mother, she wondered how much microplastic her son would ingest when drinking milk out of widely available plastic containers. She says ...

A new four-year IAEA coordinated research project (CRP) will address microplastic pollution in seafood, and the findings will help improve global microplastic monitoring and enhance understanding of ...

How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you Microplastic particles can be created when things such as plastic cups or utensils degrade, releasing the ...

Such advances could lead to tighter food safety regulations and more consumer transparency. Researchers develop breakthrough method to determine common contaminant levels in food: 'We have found first ...

Microplastics in the ocean accumulate in fish and shellfish, ultimately impacting humans, who consume seafood containing ...

Researchers studying microplastic contamination in common beverages made a startling discovery: Drinks stored in glass bottles contained between five and 50 times the level of microplastics as ...

Try as we might, there’s no way to avoid microplastic pollution. Yes, we could ban plastic water bottles, a remedy recommended by environmentalists. But as the Canadian study notes, switching to ...