Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other illnesses.

Some types of cancer may be caused by microplastics drifting through the air we breathe, San Francisco researchers said. A ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the mechanism of action of a treatment for ...

A new study has now warned about the health risks of having microplastics in the air. In 2019, 460 million metric tons of ...

New research published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology offers evidence that microplastics are ...