microplastics

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tracey Woodruff, the director of the Program on Reproductive Health & the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco. She studies how microplastics and toxic chemicals impact fertility and child development. The below has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve…

Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look — including throughout the human body.Microplastics and their even tinier cousins, nanoplastics, are probably flowing through your blood and building up in your organs like the lungs and liver.Now, a new study is connecting the dots on microplastics’ mysterious…