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For many scientists, 2025 was the year of microplastics. Researchers have known for decades that tiny plastic particles were floating around in rivers and lakes and accumulating in the ocean. But it’s only in the past year or so that they have begun to understand that the tiny plastics — including some that are impossible to see with the naked eye — are in our bodies and food as well.
And scientists are beginning to crack open what that means for human health.
Here are some of the main things we learned about microplastics in 2025.