the scientists tested those microplastic concentrations on kidney cells in a lab. They found that only 23% of the cells survived. The conclusion is simple: The more plastic containers you use in ...

They found that those who frequently ate from plastic containers seemed to have more ... was based on self-reported findings rather than lab results, and the researchers acknowledge that the ...

The investigation delves deeper than mere statistics. In sterile laboratory settings, researchers subjected common plastic containers to conditions mimicking everyday use. The results paint a ...

Microplastics are constantly coming off of everyday items like containers ... at her university laboratory. She chopped up just two slices of a white onion on a red plastic cutting board, rinsed ...

To come to this conclusion, the research team stored boiled water in plastic takeout containers. They then gave this water to rats in the lab over the course of three months, and studied the ...

What does the research say about plastic bottles and containers and cancer ... But these experiments are in animals, or use cells in a lab. In these studies they can put lots of chemical directly into ...

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects. By Nina Agrawal Nina Agrawal shadowed ...

A new study published in American Chemical Society ES&T Water has revealed that washing plastic containers and utensils in a dishwasher releases plastic particles, which proceed to enter wastewater.