Microplastics are not a new problem. But scientists are just beginning to understand their behavior and properties. By ...

Plastics are ubiquitous in modern economies, yet they come with a high environmental cost. As the UN debates how to manage ...

When the researchers followed up nearly three years later, they found that the patients with the microplastics were significantly more likely to have suffered a stroke, a heart attack, or death from ...

As the last negotiations for a global plastic treaty begin in South Korea, countries are divided over whether to cap ...

Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, our water and even the air. Scientists and engineers around the world have developed all sorts of creative strategies to attempt to filter our these tiny ...

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Plastic pollution has become a major crisis, with nearly 400 million tons produced globally yearly. A lot of this is for ...

The sustainable style influencer Moyo (@_theconnoisseur) shared a video where she visited H&M's website to check out some listings, explaining that she always looks at labels before buying. But, "lo ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...

Journals this month looked at “fabulous but forgotten” ecosystems, hungry monkeys, lead-poisoned birds, and more — including a focus on microplastics.

Have scientists solved the plastic pollution crisis? A team has created a plastic that's as strong as conventional materials but dissolves completely in seawater.

LANSING – Student researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are among the five winners of an Environmental Protection Agency national contest for innovations ...