Levels of microplastics in the brain have shot up 50% in just eight years, according to samples tested by researchers in New ...

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

The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with ...

A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys.

Scientists found microplastics in all 52 examined human brains. Newer brain samples had more plastic than older ones.

But despite the ubiquity of microplastics in the human body ... the plastics using a light microscope. We were having trouble seeing them in the brain, and we said, "Well, they're probably ...

Adobe stock/HealthDay Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse. The new study, published Monday in the journal Nature ...

A paper published Monday in Nature Medicine found that the tiny fragments of plastic are passing the blood-brain barrier and into human brains, and the amount of microplastics in the brain appears ...

The average brain may ... implications for human health remain unclear. Graduate student Hayden Borttcher looks at tiny plastic pieces, called microplastics, through a microscope at the University ...

The average brain may contain a spoonful of plastic ... The research highlights growing concerns about the level of microplastics in the environment, which are increasingly being found in the human ...