By now, you've no doubt heard that modern living is filling our bodies with microplastics. But an alarming study now shows ...

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed this week that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason.

That “unbelievable amount” was equal to the amount of plastic used to make a plastic spoon. Here’s the scoop, just for perspective, on that: the average size of a plastic spoon is 5.5 inches.

Study reveals alarming new evidence about microplastic accumulation in human brain tissue Ontario: A plastic spoon’s worth of plastic is inside your brain, researchers warned on Tuesday ...

A plastic spoon’s worth of plastic is inside your brain, researchers warned on Tuesday, showing alarming new evidence about microplastic accumulation in human brain tissue. Published in the ...

A spoon’s worth of plastic pollution is inside everyone's brain, suggests a new study. Researchers have discovered "alarming" levels of tiny microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), linked to ...

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world out there as evidenced by the 892 breaking news alerts that ring, ding, beep and shriek on my phone, tablet and computer to get my attention every day. OK so I may ...

The concentration of microplastics in the human brain has been found to be equivalent to the weight of a disposable plastic spoon, and that amount is rising every year. This revelation comes from ...

A spoon’s worth of plastic pollution is inside everyone's brain, suggests a new study. Researchers have discovered "alarming" ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.