Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic ...

Plastics are a grave, growing and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health, a new scientific report has warned.

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Valerie Volcovici GENEVA (Reuters) -Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb ...

Reducing plastic pollution is central to reducing the overall toxic burden on people and the planet and mitigating its ...

High stakes negotiations got underway at the UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a legally binding treaty to curb plastic ...

This includes a 2018 study that found microplastics in human stool samples all around the world, and a 2020 study that unearthed plastic particles in every human tissue it sampled.

Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100 million to 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could enter the ...

Materials-driven assessment design and solutions. Development of “safer” materials that account for full life cycle impact, e.g., role of environmental impact materials disposal, especially with ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, is collaborating with The Circle Foundation to ...

She and other NOAA scientists have been studying the impacts of noise pollution on marine life from big to small. It's been shown that noise can cause behavior changes, hearing loss, and it can ...