A new review published in the journal Science has sounded the alarm on the rising dangers of microplastics, two decades after the term was first introduced. The study offers an in-depth look at ...

There is growing concern that plastics may also be responsible for significant harm to the earth’s environment and human health ...

Experts at leading health care conferences last month called for further research into the health effects of microplastics ...

There is a growing awareness of the need to reduce plastic waste, both at an individual and collective level. Many ...

with 170 countries working on a legal framework to stop plastics pollution. There is also a growing business coalition, which is working toward systemic change and a circular economy.

That’s a real blow, especially since a growing body of research suggests these tiny particles may pose a threat to our health, potentially even raising the risk of three chronic, harmful diseases.

"Humanity has been striving to increase food production to feed an ever-growing population [but] these ongoing efforts are now being jeopardised by plastic pollution," the paper reads. "These ...

Fish caught by children who live next to a hatchery on Manila Bay in the Philippines live in an ecosystem polluted by household waste, plastics, and other trash. Whether microplastics ingested by ...

“They hatched, they found the slick, they’re feeding and growing. This is one-tenth of one percent that made it this far; they’re the lucky ones. And now plastics are coming in.” ...

Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose ... But we know we are exposed to plastics in everyday life, and that’s what we wanted to examine here.” ...

New research adds chewing gum to the growing list of items that may be ... "But we know we are exposed to plastics in everyday life, and that’s what we wanted to examine here.” ...