Plastic waste is no longer just an eyesore floating on the surface of rivers and seas. A growing body of research now shows that it is reshaping the chemistry and biology of water itself, creating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from the Ocean Research & Conservation Association set out to show this with an experiment clearly highlighting the ...

There are no easy solutions to the world’s biggest problems like climate change, air pollution and providing clean drinking water for everyone. But a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Skokie is ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper. The ...

Water pollution is top environmental issue in survey of 30,000 people across 31 countries and territories by Globescan and WWF With the world facing a worsening water crisis, a huge public survey ...

Every day, we turn on the faucet for a glass of water, to take a shower, or to wash our dishes, usually without a second thought. Clean, affordable water is life-giving and essential. For most of ...

Today, the Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a proposed directive to review and update the lists of pollutants affecting ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency acted unlawfully in declining to update water pollution control standards for seven major ...

Iowa policy has long-failed to address the factory farm pollution poisoning the state’s drinking water. Here’s the blueprint for how lawmakers can change this. Iowa policy has long-failed to address ...