A Curtin University-led paper, "The Use of Plastic as a Household Fuel among the Urban Poor in the Global South" published in ...

Other potential microplastics sources our experts brought up are fabrics that touch your skin often (clothing, bedding, ...

Study leader Dr Kirstie Jones-Williams, a PhD student working with British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said the findings ...

Dr Clara Manno, an ocean ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, adds: “We think this means that there are local sources of plastic pollution, at least when it comes to polyamide. This could come ...

Dr. Clara Manno, an ocean ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, adds, "We think this means that there are local sources of plastic pollution, at least when it comes to polyamide. This could come ...

This reflects the rise in global plastic production and pollution over recent decades. Published in Nature Medicine, the ...

Plastic pollution is one of the top global environmental problems, leading to an estimated 19 to 23 million tons of plastic waste polluting lakes, rivers, seas and oceans across the world ...

Charleston Waterkeeper and others have found almost 30,000 plastic pellets littered on beaches and marshes, while a bill to ...

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

What sources of microplastics should ... manufacturing standards, stronger pollution regulations—and affordable alternatives to all this plastic. In the meantime, picking a few swaps that ...