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 ...

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 ...

First of 2 parts At the start of every workday, Cristian Jay Briones receives a list of schools, restaurants and shopping malls scattered across the ...

Here's How Plastic Pollution Is Affecting Your Body In this article, we discuss various ways through which plastic pollution affects your health. Manya Singh Health Jun 06, 2025 13:55 pm IST ...

Urgent action is needed to combat plastic pollution and its health impacts. Human appetite for plastics continues to grow at an alarming rate, as unsustainable as it is unnecessary.

DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00768 Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found.

This one shows the extent of plastic pollution on a Durban beach. We interview Musa Majola, who with his colleagues at The Litterboom Project, is trying to clear plastic waste from our beaches and our ...