Microplastics trigger inflammation linked to disease and death. Now scientists appear to have discovered why. - Chicago Tribune

Microplastics trigger inflammation linked to disease and death. Now scientists appear to have discovered why.  Chicago TribuneIntrinsic physicochemical activity at microplastic–water interfaces  NatureMicroplastics are linked to inflammation—scientists might have finally worked out why  Scientific AmericanMicroplastics Are Chemically Alive and Probably Up to No Good  GizmodoMicroplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own  Ars Technica