For people, the concern is direct exposure. Humans may consume up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of plastic particles weekly ...

Sunlight makes microplastics leak hidden chemicals into water, creating pollution that spreads far beyond plastic pieces.

Researchers developed a plant based plastic that stays strong during use but dissolves safely in seawater, leaving no ...

Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...

Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics.

New laws go into effect every year, but few have as broad an impact on California consumers as the state’s full ban on ...

Senior leaders from the Philippine government, international development agencies, multinational companies, and civil society ...

Scientists believe the whale, which beached in Kauai, died from ingesting fishing traps and nets, plastic bags, and other ...

Scientists are urging governments to act immediately on plastic pollution, warning that waiting for a binding Global Plastics Treaty could mean years of damaging delay while plastic waste continues to ...

The bar is low, according to a new study, less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for ...

Scientists are increasingly blunt about a habit that once felt harmless: heating leftovers in plastic. As research on ...

Scientists have developed new models that show plastic waste is accumulating differently in oceans than previously believed. While most attention has been focused on plastic that collects in large ...