Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

Many of us have accepted that microplastics are everywhere now, but they don't cover your whole house. Here are an immunologist's small tips to make a big difference.

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Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

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About 40% of all plastics are used in packaging, including single-use plastic food and beverage containers. Microplastics ...

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