A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

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

Matthias Rillig’s research reveals a range of impacts of microplastics on soil-dwelling worms, bacteria, and plants—some of ...

Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic less than five millimetres in length that are created as products break down over ...

Microplastics get into your body through food, water, and air, says Stephanie Wright, PhD, a senior lecturer in environmental ...

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

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

Slathering on sunscreen could have an invisible and until now unknown side-effect - it clings to plastic in the sea and makes ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of plastic trash. Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

Microplastics have been discovered in human follicular fluid and semen, according to new research, raising concerns about ...