According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

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For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

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For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

In a cross-sectional study, researchers assessed the link between marine microplastic levels in ocean water and the prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living-associated ...

Documenting the garbage along New Jersey beaches helps state lawmakers make policy decisions on plastic pollution, says this ...

Smart policies and innovation—not bans—can reduce waste and build a circular plastics economy that maximizes the value of ...

A short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) became the latest marine mammal to fall victim to plastic pollution ...

Marine biologist Richard Thompson was out looking at barnacles in tide pools one morning in 1993 when he started noticing small pieces of plastic ...