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Title card reading "Microplastics at all 22 Delaware River sites" beside a photo of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River

Microplastics Found at All 22 Delaware River Wa...

A new PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center survey, analysed at Drexel University's Academy of Natural Sciences, found at least one type of microplastic at every one of 22 sites on...

Microplastics Found at All 22 Delaware River Wa...

A new PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center survey, analysed at Drexel University's Academy of Natural Sciences, found at least one type of microplastic at every one of 22 sites on...

Title card reading "3D-printed filter caught up to 90% of microplastics" beside an illustration of stacked disk filters; illustration, not the actual device

Waterloo Engineers' 3D-Printed Filter Caught Up...

University of Waterloo engineers have built a low-cost, customizable 3D-printed filter that removed up to 90% of microplastics from water in their tests, using 20 stacked disks. Particles under 10...

Waterloo Engineers' 3D-Printed Filter Caught Up...

University of Waterloo engineers have built a low-cost, customizable 3D-printed filter that removed up to 90% of microplastics from water in their tests, using 20 stacked disks. Particles under 10...

Title card reading "Lawmakers ask GAO to review EPA's microplastics work" beside a photo of the U.S. Capitol

Lawmakers Ask GAO to Review EPA's Microplastics...

Twenty-four members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review what EPA has done on micro- and nanoplastics since 2023, after EPA's proposed UCMR 6 monitoring rule left...

Lawmakers Ask GAO to Review EPA's Microplastics...

Twenty-four members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review what EPA has done on micro- and nanoplastics since 2023, after EPA's proposed UCMR 6 monitoring rule left...

Close-up of dark, crumbly biosolids with small colored plastic fragments and fibers, with the headline: Plastic goes to the sludge

Wastewater Plants Catch Most Microplastics — Th...

Wastewater treatment plants often remove more than 90% of microplastics from incoming wastewater. But according to a new WaterWorld article, most of those particles end up in biosolids, the treated...

Wastewater Plants Catch Most Microplastics — Th...

Wastewater treatment plants often remove more than 90% of microplastics from incoming wastewater. But according to a new WaterWorld article, most of those particles end up in biosolids, the treated...

Two glass jars of puréed baby food beside the headline: Microplastics in every baby-food purée it tested (Consumer Reports, 15 of 15 purées)

Consumer Reports Finds Microplastics in Every B...

CR’s 2026 baby-food investigation screened 15 purées (pouches and glass jars) for microplastics and reported particles in every purée tested. Presence is not a proven disease claim, and regulators still...

Consumer Reports Finds Microplastics in Every B...

CR’s 2026 baby-food investigation screened 15 purées (pouches and glass jars) for microplastics and reported particles in every purée tested. Presence is not a proven disease claim, and regulators still...

India Court Keeps Micro/Nanoplastics Warning-Label Order for Bottled Water, Sugar and Salt

India Court Keeps Micro/Nanoplastics Warning-La...

The Madras High Court dismissed FSSAI’s bid to review its order requiring bold red “may contain micro/nano plastics” warnings on bottled water, sugar, and salt — saying the order is...

India Court Keeps Micro/Nanoplastics Warning-La...

The Madras High Court dismissed FSSAI’s bid to review its order requiring bold red “may contain micro/nano plastics” warnings on bottled water, sugar, and salt — saying the order is...