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

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

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Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles can greatly increase how much toxic chemicals enter plants and human cells.

Scientists found plastic particles in nearly all seafood samples. Smaller species like shrimp had more contamination.

Eli Hanechak claims to have a patent pending on an enzyme mutation that could accelerate the breakdown of plastic waste.

Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst ...

US President Donald Trump signed an order reversing the use of paper straws, and reinstating plastic straws with immediate ...

The Jal Kalash initiative has been launched with the support of various organisations under the leadership of G Ashok Kumar, ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers Health ...