While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...

We’re in the midst of a rapidly escalating global plastics crisis. More than 11 billion metric tons of virgin plastics were ...

Scientists analyzed the liquid waste, or leachate, released by four Illinois landfills and the inflows and outflows of associated wastewater treatment plants to determine the fate of two contaminants: ...

A study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimeter-sized plastic fragments are increasing much ...

The University of Exeter has achieved significant recognition with 15 of its academics, and four affiliated researchers, ...

Microplastics and PFAS flow into wastewater treatment plants from landfill leachate, left, and from storm and sanitary sewers ...

The global marine conservation NGO releases a surreal AI-generated campaign revealing an alarming dystopia – a world choked ...

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Toxicology expert Dr Yvonne Burkart has warned against ever microwaving your food in plastic containers - and the reason ...

Scientific community increasingly concerned about threat of forever chemicals, but UK falling behind EU in banning toxic ...

"Do not microwave plastic containers." Re-emphasising her microplastic caution, she continued: "With microplastics, they're hard - it's a solid mass. It does not break down in the body." Studying a ...