You've likely heard of microplastics, the ultra-tiny pieces of plastic that result from the degradation of larger plastics. But even as more people become aware of the problems they pose, microplastic ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Rivers are a primary source of the plastics that clog oceanic ecosystems and contribute to the continent-sized Great Pacific garbage patch. Broken-down plastics cycle through ecosystems, accumulating ...

Microplastics have already found their way into every environment on our planet, but contamination from this pollution is expected to get increasingly worse. Microplastic pollution could more than ...

Emerging evidence suggests that environmental pollutants rarely act alone, yet most toxicological studies still assess them in isolation.

In agricultural production, microplastics have become environmental pollutants that cannot be ignored. They may not only enter the food chain through the soil-plant system, threatening food safety, ...