As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...