Microplastics are everywhere, but much remains unknown about their long-term effects on human health and ecosystems. Urgent ...

It seems like in addition to earlier cancer screenings, we should be paying closer attention to what we are being exposed to ...

But one tiny organism, notorious for its ability to return to life after a trip to space, being frozen or boiled, asphyxiated ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a plastic bag bill that will ban stores from offering heavyweight 'reusable' plastic bags ...

Odia volunteers in New Jersey are dedicating their time to combat hunger by sorting and packing food at the Community Food ...

They often spill during transport on trains or ships, and high winds and ocean currents spread the problem far and fast.

It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...