"As time goes on, [it] continues to harm more and more." Scientists make alarming discovery while examining fish waste in ...

Microplastics are everywhere, including in some of your favorite foods and drinks. Check out these steps you can take to cut ...

New regulations around single-use utensils, carryout bags, and balloons are coming to Coronado. The City Council on Feb. 18 ...

A UTSA doctoral student explains how plastics break down versus paper and what it means for our overall health.

California state lawmakers have announced a bill that would ban the sale of new or refurbished disposable electronic ...

Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...

Addyston's longtime plastics chemical plant will soon close. Its impact will live on in the ground, air and water.

Studies into how microplastics affect human health are still scant and inconclusive, according to the World Health ...

A Curtin University-led paper, "The Use of Plastic as a Household Fuel among the Urban Poor in the Global South" published in ...

A new study found chemicals can leach from plastic takeout containers into food, impacting the gut biome—and then the heart ...