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

BIOPLASTICS are increasingly promoted as a solution to the global plastic crisis, with production and use expanding rapidly ...

Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to the CDC, causing everything from cancer to lung ...

"Are we going to just do another research project?" Researchers search for solution to harmful threat lurking in household ...

Mangroves, typical of tropical and subtropical latitudes, have become veritable natural traps for land- and sea-based waste.

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

Chinese researchers who developed a new method to measure airborne microplastic pollution found more than they expected.

Emerging evidence suggests that environmental pollutants rarely act alone, yet most toxicological studies still assess them in isolation.

The measure, S-3195, requires establishments such as restaurants, cafes, food trucks and others to provide single-use ...

The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters took effect Saturday. Here's what ...

One of Gov. Phil Murphy’s last acts in office was to sign a new law banning restaurants and other food service businesses ...

Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens, ...