"Understanding the mechanisms ... is critical to developing effective mitigation strategies." New research uncovers troubling ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — On Earth Day 2025, Arkansas researchers are calling attention to the growing plastic pollution crisis and urging a multi-tiered approach to reduce the environmental and health ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were ...

A chance encounter with plastic waste on a tropical beach sparked a deep investigation into what those fragments mean for human health. The research reveals that bottled water isn’t as pure as it ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

A new study offers the first estimate of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean. There’s a lot. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey What do human brains, placentas and dolphin breath have in common? Signs of plastic ...

The government has said it is "appalled" and called for a “thorough investigation” after huge numbers of plastic beads washed up on south coast beaches. Southern Water apologised for the spill, which ...

Microplastics are now a ubiquitous part of our daily physical reality. These minuscule fragments of degrading plastic now suffuse our air, our soil, the food we eat and the water we drink. They’re ...

To tackle what's been called the plastic "epidemic," the UN spun up a committee in 2022 tasked with brokering a legally binding global agreement. This ambitious treaty between UN member states was to ...