Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in ...

What do microplastics, water color, and satellites have in common? Dr. Karl Kaiser, professor of marine and coastal ...

A scientist who analyzed the levels of plastics in bottled water recommended “drinking it straight out of the tap” instead. New research analyzed the levels of nanoplastics and microplastics (MNPs) in ...

How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body?No one disputes that these mostly invisible pieces of plastic ...

Low-level exposure to bisphenol A before birth can permanently alter metabolism, immunity, and disease risk in sex-specific ...

Microplastics are often named as a major polluter of both the planet and our bodies, but what does the actual science say?

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

Each year, billions of single-use plastic bottles end up in landfills or oceans. That waste problem keeps growing. Now, a new scientific breakthrough suggests those same bottles could help power your ...

Hundreds of plastic wastes floats mercilessly around the Indian Ocean beach waters along Lamu Island seafront in Lamu County on Saturday,011th May,2019.Locals who dispose such wastes to the water may ...

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when we stopped—for the most part—treating beauty treatments like plastic surgery like a scarlet letter and adopted a more accepting stance. What was once seen as such a ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of ...