Key Takeaways Bags of intravenous fluid are a source of microplasticsResearchers found microplastics in two different brands ...

Microplastics get everywhere, and there’s increasing attention being paid to their potential effects on human health. It’s ...

The researchers estimate that thousands of plastic particles could be delivered directly to a person’s bloodstream from a ...

The North Carolina facility is responsible for an estimated 1.5 million IV bags a day, roughly 60% of IV bag supply in the United States. Dr. Chris DeRienzo with the American Hospital Association ...

Research from the 1970s suggests IV fluid bags can contain solid particles, but few scientists have followed up on what those particles are made of. Liwu Zhang, Ventsislav Kolev Valev and ...

Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now these bits of plastic -- from 1 to 62 micrometers long -- have been found in the filtered solutions used for ...

Research from the 1970s suggests IV fluid bags can contain solid particles, but few scientists have followed up on what those particles are made of. Researchers Liwu Zhang, Ventsislav Kolev Valev ...