Studies in mice show that microplastics entering the bloodstream are engulfed by immune cells, forming clusters that can ...

It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region.

Burning plastic waste releases harmful chemicals into the air, including dioxins, furans and mercury, many of which are known ...

Researchers found no measurable amount of PFAS in five plastic straws while they found PFAS in the other straws, which were made from plants.

Plastic pollution is one of the main environmental challenges in the world today, with global plastic waste reaching 400 million tonnes annually, according to the UN Environmental Program report.

A Santa Clara County supervisors plans to introduce an ordinance, on Tuesday, that would ban the use of synthetic or plastic turf at all county-owned parks and facilities. Otto Lee site health risks ...

The protective cells accumulated microplastics, instead of digesting them, and then the damaged cells clumped up in the brain ...

Proponents charge the small, rubber pellets within the plastic turf pose health risks such as cancer and that playing on turf can cause greater bodily harm compared to playing on grass.

Wild animals frequently face risks, such as barbed wire, plastic trash, and abandoned fishing gear, due to human ...

Effective solutions to the vast amounts of plastic waste we produce are still being sought, and four innocuous insects that ...

"Since many marine animals feed on feces ... As time goes on, plastic continues to harm more and more marine ecosystems. It is our duty to develop new technologies to mitigate this dangerous ...