Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

Filtered water at Bengaluru restaurants may not be as safe as assumed. A study finds that over 50% samples are contaminated ...

A new $65 million Clean-Seas West Virginia facility in Quincy is set to convert plastic waste into fuel using a controversial ...

Scientists found microplastics in fluids around human eggs and sperm. Plastics from cookware and packaging affect human ...

China’s giant inflatable dome in Jinan offers a smart, eco-friendly way to tackle urban construction pollution and protect ...

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

While the resolution kicking off the treaty talks commits to doing that, experts worry that the final provisions won’t go far enough to reduce plastic production. Sixty countries participating in the ...