Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic flow into the world’s oceans. What often looks like floating debris to ...

Plastic is all around us. It’s in our homes, our schools, our cars, and even in our food and water. But a new report has revealed something shocking: this everyday material is causing serious harm—and ...

New research tallies the hidden health, environmental and economic impacts of litter — and why upstream fixes matter.

The presence of microplastics in our food, soil, and bodies has quickly become a global-level crisis. Unfortunately, at this point, we do not know how they will affect the human body. This issue has ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “Plastic pollution has been found on every continent and in every ocean, in people, terrestrial wildlife and marine wildlife,” said Leslie B. Hart, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The film follows journalist Ziya Tong as she learns the latest science on microplastics and examines the microplastic pollution in her own body.

Research reveals how invisible nanoparticles manipulate cellular messengers, undermining your gut’s delicate microbiome, raising new questions about the unseen health risks of environmental ...