As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global ...

Plastic can take 500 years to decompose. That means billions of tons of plastic will not disappear for 25 generations or more ...

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

Lancet study reveals plastic pollution causes serious human health problems from factory production to waste disposal.

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong has created a powerful installation in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva ...

U.N. negotiators have 10 days to craft a global plastic treaty. Environmental advocates say reaching an agreement to cap ...

UN talks on a first global plastic treaty are going down to the wire as fossil fuel companies, petrostates and the plastic ...

A new review warns that plastic pollution is causing disease and death from infancy to old age, costing $1.5 trillion annually in health damages.

The Lancet report on plastic comes as scientists are warning about the dangers of microplastics found in brain tissue and ...

Wells (@dwallacewells), a writer for Opinion and a columnist for The New York Times Magazine, is the author of “The ...