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After less than a month of being exposed to microplastics in their diet, the mice developed clear dementia symptoms.

Neuroscience and Brain

Lab Mice Exposed to Microplastics Show Signs of Dementia

By Frank Landymore

Pollutants like plastics, forever chemicals, carbon exhaust, and bisphenols aren't just aberrations, but staples of life on Earth.

There Is a 100 Percent Chance That Your Body Is Deeply Contaminated With Dangerous Substances

A leading source of the ubiquitous microplastics infesting the planet and our bodies is so obvious that it will make you furious.

Science & Energy

One of the Biggest Sources of Microplastics Will Make You Mad as Hell

By Frank Landymore

French government scientists have discovered something shocking about the microplastic content in glass and plastic bottles.

Science & Energy

You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that microplastics are contributing to a global rise in rates of depression and dementia.

Neuroscience and Brain

The Microplastics in Your Brain May Be Causing Mental Health Issues

By Frank Landymore

A high-end clinic is offering the ability to cleanse your body of microplastics — so long as you can shell out for it.

Health & Medicine

Doctors Say They’ve Found a Way to Clean the Microplastics Out of Your Body

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

Chewing Gum Is Flooding Your Mouth With Microplastics

By Frank Landymore

Microplastic pollution seems, as one researcher posits, to be coming from a surprising source: chewing gum.

You May Be Horrified When You Learn What Chewing Gum Is Actually Made From

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are warning that microplastics could undermine the world's food supplies by undercutting plants' ability to photosynthesize.

Scientists Just Discovered Something Absolutely Horrifying About Microplastics

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that eating hot food from plastic takeout containers could be damaging your heart and even lead to heart disease.

This New Paper About Eating Out of Plastic Containers Is a Bit Terrifying

By Frank Landymore

Scientists tracked tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. Some of them became stuck.

Microplastics Getting Stuck in Brain Vessels Like Clots, Scientists Find, Causing “Neurological Abnormalities” in Mice

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that the amount of microplastics in our brains is rising at an alarming rate.

The Weight of All the Plastic in Your Brain May Make You Queasy

By Victor Tangermann

The number of children dying to diseases has surged in the past half century as the manufacturing of synthetic chemicals has skyrocketed.

Scientists Say Children Are Getting Sick and Dying in Huge Numbers Due to Chemicals and Plastics

By Frank Landymore

Microplastics have once again been detected somewhere jarring as scientists reveal that these tiny plastic bits may be changing the weather.

Science & Energy

Microplastics Are Infesting Clouds, Affecting Weather

By Noor Al-Sibai

The scientists edited to the bacteria to prove which enzyme it used to degrade PET plastics into bioavailable carbon.

Scientists Gene Hack Bacteria That Breaks Down Plastic Waste

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have found that a shocking amount of microplastics are ending up in our brains, "pretty alarming" results.

A Shocking Percentage of Our Brains Are Made of Microplastics, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann