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

Researchers estimated that each bag of IV fluid could deliver about 7,500 microplastics directly into the bloodstream. That would rise to about 25,000 particles to treat dehydration or 52,500 for ...

New research cited in a recent article from Packaging Insights states that that is the case for IV bags, claiming that ...

According to research published in the ACS partner journal Environment & Health, microplastics — particles from 1 to 62 ...

A total of 7,500 particles were estimated to be floating in each bag, which would have then been injected directly into a ...

Microplastics found in IV infusion bags may enter the bloodstream, potentially posing health risks to patients.

In hospital many drugs, as well as fluids and nutrients, are administered through plastic IV bags. The scientists bought two different common brands of 8.4oz bags of IV saline solution ...

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 ...