Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output of plants found right along the world’s coastlines, a new study suggests. The ...

At the height of the pandemic, the world rightly used more than 100 billion disposable face masks per month. Now the ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

Warnings about plastic pollution have become increasingly frequent and shrill in recent years due to concerns about its environmental impact and potential effects on human health. Not only have vast ...

Chemicals leaching from plastics are leaving Americans notably sicker and poorer, according to a new study. In 2018 alone, the hormone-disrupting effects of plastics in the nation’s food and water led ...

Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year . . . from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar ...

Recent research reveals alarming levels of microplastics in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening marine life and entering the food ...

BOSTON — Will industry finally be held accountable for the harmful health effects of plastic pollution? Quite possibly, according to various speakers at a press conference held at ENDO 2024: The ...

WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 29: (CHINA OUT) A worker sorts used plastic bottles at a plastics recycling mill which is ceasing production as the global financial crisis starts to bite in China's recycling ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are ...