Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

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

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published ...

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

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

Plastic is not only littering Louisville roads and waterways, it is impacting our health. Join the global 'Plastic Free July' movement.

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

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

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...