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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Rubber is extensively used by tire manufacturers ... means it’s 1 of the most widely produced materials today. Plastic pollution has become a serious environmental concern.

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 ...

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