Learn how plastic pollution is creating new pathways for antibiotic resistance to become an even bigger public health threat.

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “Plastic pollution has been found on every continent and in every ocean, in people, terrestrial wildlife and marine wildlife,” said Leslie B. Hart, ...

For conservationists, the message is clear: while community-led clean-ups are making a visible difference, protecting one of the world’s most remarkable freshwater ecosystems will ultimately require ...

A father’s plastic exposure could significantly induce metabolic disorders like diabetes in offspring. Limiting the plastic ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

Qysar Ul Islam Shah [email protected] “The prevelance of plastic in daily life,while convenient has significant ...

Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

A recent University of Florida study found more than 1 trillion microplastics in Indian River Lagoon, raising health and environmental concerns.

The presence of microplastics in our food, soil, and bodies has quickly become a global-level crisis. Unfortunately, at this point, we do not know how they will affect the human body. This issue has ...

Scientists have developed new models that show plastic waste is accumulating differently in oceans than previously believed. While most attention has been focused on plastic that collects in large ...