What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are ...

With the idea in hand, the team had to test their concept. They began with a form of plastic, polybutadiene rubber, which is the most widely used synthetic rubber in the world and most commonly ...

A UTA study reveals high levels of microplastics in bird lungs, highlighting concerns about the pollution humans breathe ...

BC's Global Observatory on Pollution and Health and an international team of researchers will survey health risks posed across the continuum of plastic production, use, and disposal The Global ...

Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New York shoreline ... these assemblages to illustrate the extent of marine pollution. He keeps trash in his studio for months—sometimes ...

Researchers found microscopic plastic particles in bird lungs, raising concerns about air pollution and human health.

Plastics, which are polymeric materials composed of long chains of small molecules called monomers, are widely used in ...

Today, a bus-sized statement made its way to Parliament. Quite literally, a double-decker designed to highlight the ...

Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new University of Texas at Arlington study finds. Researchers worldwide are increasingly alarmed by how ...

From tiny microbeads to abandoned fishing nets, this tide of plastic pollution is choking marine life and making its way into our food chain. Hundreds of marine species now face this deadly menu ...