Microplastics are not a new problem. But scientists are just beginning to understand their behavior and properties. By ...

When the researchers followed up nearly three years later, they found that the patients with the microplastics were significantly more likely to have suffered a stroke, a heart attack, or death from ...

Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could ...

Researchers revealed that people are breathing in small particles of plastic without even knowing about it.Research ...

Indian researchers have discovered microplastics in Adelie penguins from Antarctica's Svenner Islands. The study, conducted ...

Derived from organic, renewable sources — such as corn, seaweed, or sugarcane — so-called bioplastics have, their proponents ...

As the last negotiations for a global plastic treaty begin in South Korea, countries are divided over whether to cap production of the ubiquitous material.

Central Park Elementary School fourth- and fifth-graders' passion for combating ocean pollution is matched by their ...

Plastic production will jump about 60 per cent to 736 million tonnes a year by 2040, according to the Organization for ...

The study indicated that folding laundry made from synthetic fabrics could lead to seven pieces of microplastic being inhaled ...

Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, our water and even the air. Scientists and engineers around the world have developed all sorts of creative strategies to attempt to filter our these tiny ...