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A new investigation into the history of plastics manufacturing by US journalists (for National Public Radio) has reignited the policy debate over plastics pollution. NPR turned up a wealth of...

Wide-ranging review finds whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds at mortal risk from marine debris.  “Death from eating any of these items is not a quick one and it is not...

The goal of the project was to study a wide range of potential health effects from BPA exposure, and generate data to be used in making regulatory decisions. The NIEHS...

The use of single-use plastics in households has become a pariah. Many people are trying to reduce the use of single-use plastics or to recycle them. One such innovation is...

Plastic pollution is ubiquitous, seemingly found in every nook and cranny around the world, from some of the deepest parts of the oceans, to the Arctic, to drinking water. But...

Amid the growing call for reducing the use of plastics, the environmental group Oceana has issued the first-ever compilation of the material’s gruesome effects on sea turtles and marine mammals...

An all-female multidisciplinary team is all set to cover oceans and gauge the harm plastic has exposed the water bodies to. Starting from October 2019, the team will be exploring the oceans...

Volunteers with the California-based nonprofit Ocean Voyages Institute returned last month from a 25-day expedition in which they ventured out on a 140-foot (43 metre) cargo sailboat fitted with a...