Chinese scientists found microplastics small enough to cross the highly sensitive barrier designed to protect sensitive brain ...

Goodwill's move aligns with a growing national movement to curb plastic bag use. By January 2024, twelve states had enacted ...

Microplastics can go right through wastewater treatment plants, and researchers have engineered bacteria commonly found in there to break down this pollution before it can persist in the environment.

Plastics are a problem that knows no boundaries. These intractable incarnations of fossil fuels have found their way into the ...

Re: “New health minister has a long to-do list,” Jan. 18. The story said the new payment model for family physicians would compensate us for our office overhead, but this is incorrect.

Your afternoon cup of tea may have released millions of microplastics and nanoplastics when steeped in hot water.

The gravity of pollution caused by plastics is more than meets the eye. Wild animals often end up eating these plastics, Prof Abdullah Harun Chowdhury says ...

Entrants for the 2025 Melbourne Osaka Cup, a 5500 nautical mile double handed race from Melbourne to Osak, are undergoing ...

A new review of nearly 3,000 studies found that microplastics can cause harm to people's reproductive, digestive, and ...

It may look like a beautiful piece of abstract art, but the reality of what you're looking at 'raises a few scary questions'.

Imagine a glacier. Are you thinking "glittering snow" or "plastic pollution?" A new study underscores the pervasive nature of ...

A recent study founded that brewing tea bags could release billions of tiny plastic particles into your cup. Experts explain ...