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A new study reveals how microplastics polluting the ocean could be linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes, strokes, and ...

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

The find may not have been as shocking as it first seemed, however. Tires are actually among the most common plastic polluters on earth. A 2017 study by Pieter Jan Kole at The Open University of ...

Microplastics research faces standardization challenges as viral headlines about "plastic in your brain" overshadow ...

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...

Normal, everyday actions, like twisting the cap off a water bottle, unwrapping deli meat, or microwaving leftovers in a ...

The zero waste advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition on Tuesday renewed its call for the public to “turn off the toxic plastic ...

Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply, which one local water utility ...

Plastic pollution ranks as one of the three most-pressing environmental concerns, along with climate change and water pollution, according to a 2019 survey included in the Business Case for a UN ...

Photocatalysts take the lead in global battle against microplastic pollution China emerges as the dominant contributor, accounting for 41.7% of all publications. This is followed by India, Mexico, the ...

High school sleuths search fish guts for clues to plastics pollution By Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report June 23, 2025, 5:00am PDT ...