Warnings about plastic pollution have become increasingly frequent and shrill in recent years due to concerns about its environmental impact and potential effects on human health. Not only have vast ...

Plastics are now everywhere, with tiny fragments found in several major organs of the human body, including the placenta.

For years, plastic has been building up in the ocean in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now, according to Treehugger, scientists have identified another worrying impact: The garbage is carrying ...

Study raises questions about plastic pollution’s effect on heart health Plastic bottles and other garbage are seen next to a beach at Fiumicino, Italy, near Rome, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020.

The brain-blood barrier prevents pathogens and toxins from reaching the brain. And once the plastic is in the brain, it can cause all kinds of other problems.

Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can plastic pollution be cleaned up?

Public concern about, and desire for research into, the human health effects of marine plastic pollution: Results from a 15-country survey across Europe and Australia.

Early in the pandemic, many scientists noticed an odd, incongruous side effect of business closures and widespread shelter-in-place orders: a concomitant reduction in air pollution. NASA saw ...

Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans.

Marine Plastic Pollution. Image Credit: Rich Carey/Shutterstock.com Rising concern related to the effects of marine plastic pollution on human health A new study published in Global Environmental ...

Opinion: Plastic pollution doesn’t just make for an ugly beach day. It’s contaminating our food chain ...