Rachael Z. Miller, founder of the Vermont-based Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, conducts a tape test on various clothing ...

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A new study implicates microplastics as a decisive threat to photosynthesis. What could this mean for the horticulture ...

The findings are part of a growing body of work showing that even in far-flung parts of the Arctic, plastic pollution is ...

Recognising how microplastics find their way into packaging and the consequences they pose is essential for creating ...

The problem is that although ordinary plastics are degrading, they persist in the environment for a long ... of nutrition for naturally occurring micro-organisms." The European Chemicals Agency ...

For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

These particles no longer retain the physical characteristics of conventional plastics, such as tensile strength and barrier properties, and are not considered persistent in the environment.

The study also found evidence suggesting that the plastics ... rely on marine mammals for subsistence. Sletten said understanding where microplastics are present in the environment can help ...