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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

“So far, the effects of microplastics on humans have been mainly ... Landrigan said. “To reduce plastic pollution and ...