Fish have been quietly perfecting a way to sift tiny particles from water for millions of years, and engineers are finally catching up. A new generation of fish-inspired filters now promises to strip ...

And while it’s easy to feel helpless about it, some experts are putting in the work to help us make smarter choices. One of them is Dana Zhaxylykova (@dankazh), a microplastics researcher and ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As alarming new research reveals microplastics accumulating in the human brain—especially in individuals with dementia—Echo is offering a practical solution that ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

If you use a water filter pitcher at home, you might already know how often to replace your filter, but what about the pitcher itself? Here's what to know.

Slices of wood can act as water filters that remove bacteria and microplastics with more than 99 per cent efficiency, potentially offering a cheap way to protect people from water-borne illnesses.

A teenage student in the United States has developed a home water filtration system that can remove nearly 96 percent of ...

The seeds from a common tree species native to Asian countries could provide a novel means of filtering the microplastics increasingly present in human drinking water supplies. The seeds of the ...

Moringa seeds remove 98% of microplastics from water. See how this ancient plant could revolutionize modern water treatment.

I’ve been drinking bottled water but now I’m worried about microplastics. What’s the best choice here for my health? Bottled water often feels like a “healthier” choice — but there’s a problem, ...

Microplastics are everywhere and in everything, including humans – and that’s not a good thing. Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope ...