With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating ...

The Lancet: Plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to health, experts warn as they launch a project to track plastics’ health impacts and monitor progress Ahead of the expected finalisation of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Global negotiations to address plastic pollution collapsed in Geneva, Switzerland, last August after countries rejected two draft treaties. The Geneva talks, launched with optimism ...

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš was hoping she’d be a part of history last month when more than 170 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, to forge a legally binding global treaty to curb plastic ...

The research, published in the BMC Genomics journal, showed that small particles of polyethylene terephthalate plastic, or PET, had damaging effects on pigs' pancreatic cells. Researchers from Poland ...

Even in remote and seemingly pristine glaciers, plastic pollution has managed to find its way there, highlighting its pervasive nature. In a new study, scientists collaborated with trained ...

For people, the concern is direct exposure. Humans may consume up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of plastic particles weekly ...

A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...