A new European Heart Journal study has found that heart attack patients carry significantly higher levels of microplastics ...

High levels of microplastics found in heart attack survivors - Smoking might make it easier for plastic particles to enter ...

New research provides further evidence that heart-disease risk may be linked to plastic exposure.

A new study by researchers in Italy, published in the European Heart Journal, adds another organ to that growing list: the ...

You can find plastic containers storing food in just about every grocery store. But a new study makes a strong case for never eating out of a plastic container, especially those meant to be heated, ...

We breathe, eat and drink tiny particles of plastic. But are these minuscule specks in the body harmless, dangerous or somewhere in between? A small study published Wednesday in the New England ...

Plastic has long been part of everyday life, from food containers to medical tools. But in recent years, scientists have uncovered a disturbing truth: chemicals used to make plastic soft and flexible ...

A new study has found concerning findings that presence of microplastics in heart arteries could cause severe heart attacks.

More than 16,000 chemicals are used to produce plastics — and some are silently killing us. Particularly worrisome is di-2-ethylhexylphthalate, or DEHP, a chemical used to soften plastic products.

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in artificially mimicking the ion signaling of heart muscle cells. To succeed, researchers at LiU have used organic electronics based on conductive ...