In the study published last year, researchers found high levels of flame retardants in slotted pasta spoons, sushi trays and children’s black plastic beads. Initially, researchers noted that ...

Scientists are examining the effect on brain health of microplastics and one of the largest sources of microplastics: ultra-processed foods.

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 ...

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.

A chunky plastic spoon, maybe something a kid would grasp at dinner and then fail to place it in its mouth spilling mashed up pumpkin all over the kitchen floor. Yet this spoon will set you back $ ...

Earlier this year, scientists discovered that there is about as much microplastics in the brain as a whole plastic spoon. The paper, published in Nature Medicine in February, revealed that the amo ...