Plastic's invisible trail runs through our air, food and oceans — reshaping ecosystems and human health in ways we're only beginning to understand.

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

Geneva — Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva. Nations were meeting ...

A new study from has overturned assumptions about airborne plastic pollution, finding that a rural woodland area recorded higher levels of microplastic deposition than a nearby city. The research, ...

A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health warns that health impacts from global plastic emissions could more than double by 2040 if current trends persist. The research emphasizes the need for ...

Plastic waste in the ocean can break down into microplastics, which researchers measured near U.S. coastlines to study possible links to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Scientists discovered massive microplastics forming plastic clouds over Chinese cities, raising concerns about human health, ...

A team of researchers has demonstrated a cutting-edge plant-based plastic bag that can dissolve in water without producing ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, ...

In 2018, at a Dubai resort next to the blue-green waters of the Persian Gulf, Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, stood before an audience of hundreds of petrochemical executives to set out his vision ...