Health damage caused by plastics could more than double by 2040, a Lancet Planetary Health study warns. Researchers link ...

A Lancet study warns plastics emissions could more than double health risks by 2040, driving global warming, air pollution, ...

Emerging evidence suggests that environmental pollutants rarely act alone, yet most toxicological studies still assess them in isolation.

On the eve of World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Global Plastics Hub, a tool that integrates data from multiple sources to support evidence-based ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

Geneva — Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva. Nations were meeting ...

BUSAN, South Korea — Negotiators working for a week in South Korea on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They ...

BUSAN, South Korea — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing ...