Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering plastic pollution. The Health Policy ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of pollution into the environment will double by mid-century.

Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ocean arrive there ...

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 ...

While plastic is generally discussed as an environmental issue it has become a significant health threat infiltrating both our food chain and water supply ...

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume.

In a Long Beach shopping center near where the San Gabriel River empties into Alamitos Bay, researchers, educators and activists are stepping up the fight against plastics pollution. The headquarters ...

B.C.'s attorney general had argued there are 'practical limitations' on provinces ability to combat plastic pollution, and ...