The study adds to growing evidence linking these toxic particles to serious health risks, including heart attacks, blood ...

A new study looked into risk factors for having a stroke earlier in life and found a surprising link to a fairly common issue ...

The accumulation of microplastics in arterial plaques introduces a new dimension to the ongoing conversation about cardiovascular risk factors.

ShareA new study led by researchers in the United States has found that microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, thereby increasing people’s risk of heart attack or stroke. Fatty ...

A study in rats found that ingesting chitosan, a dietary fiber from shells, significantly increased the fecal excretion rate ...

Scientists have already found microplastics in our blood, but researchers in New Mexico made an alarming discovery about just ...

A new study suggests that microplastics and nanoplastics might be interacting with the plaque that causes heart attacks and ...

A new study from UT Arlington reveals that wastewater treatment plants continue to fall short in eliminating hazardous ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Micronanoplastics—tiny plastic particles from environmental sources—were found in much higher concentrations in the arteries of people with plaque-related stroke symptoms compared to those with ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels ...