Governments are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from August 5 to 14 for final negotiations on a global, legally binding ...

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The ...

Thousands of microscopic plastics in the air of homes, offices and cars may be endangering our health, according to a new study.

Humans are likely inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously assumed, scientists are ...

The AAWA lab is designed to be a self-sustaining lab equipped and accredited to test water samples throughout the state for microplastics and PFAS. O ...

Scientists have measured the amount of nanoplastics in the open ocean for the first time and found they make up the vast ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a four-year coordinated research project to study microplastics in ...

USC biomedical engineers have developed a novel, ocean-safe biocompatible material that eliminates the risk of microplastic pollution. Plastic pollution continues to pose a major threat to marine ...

Scientists identified plastic as a marine pollutant by the early 1970s, whereas the term "microplastics" was coined in 2004 to describe litter in Earth's oceans — and a new study identified yet ...