A lawsuit claims FIJI Water misled consumers about its product's purity and environmental impact, specifically highlighting ...

A study has found higher microplastic levels in preterm births, raising concerns about their role in pregnancy complications.

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Now, scientists are turning to an unexpected solution to clean up this pollution ... for sucking up microplastics, made using readily available natural materials—chitin from marine creatures ...

Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

Coral reefs trap microplastics due to their mucus. Researchers confirmed that coral mucus acts as an adhesive.

Citizen scientists have the chance to join world-renowned microplastic experts on an expedition off the Atlantic coast.  ...

A reusable sponge that soaks up pollutants like phosphate and metals from water has been developed by Northwestern University ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...