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'Nobody tells you how': Creator names the everyday products he says may be putting microplastics in your body

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'Human exposure is widespread': Researchers launch $3.3M study into microplastics' potential threat to heart

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Your kitchen sponge could be releasing microplastics with every load of dishes, study finds

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'There is truly plastic everywhere': Microplastics detected in 100% of Illinois waterways sampled

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Coastal counties with more ocean microplastics show higher stroke and diabetes rates, study finds

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Lake Tahoe's famed blue waters found to rank 3rd worldwide for microplastics

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New report says plastic food packaging sheds over 1,000 tons of microplastics into food and drinks each year

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Fish are absorbing microplastics before their first meal, researchers warn

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Microplastics in human blood tied to higher risk of brain blood clots

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No one wants to pay to clean up microplastics — so you might have to

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Microplastics in crops could end up on your plate, study warns

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Genetically engineered algae can remove microplastics from water