Residents must reject single-use plastic and make a conscious effort to segregate waste at source, says an active citizen.

(Getty Images/iStockphoto) The research, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver, raised urgent questions about the role of plastic pollution in pregnancy ...

Scientists analysing the brains of people who died in 2024 compared them with those who died in 2016 - and found that the ...

A new study has found startling levels of microplastics in the human brain, raising more concerns over plastic pollution.

Scientists in China have developed a biodegradable foam to clean up microplastics, offering hope for our polluted waterways.

“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...

He finds the writing utensils strewn by the hundreds on a New York beach, many of them no longer usable. Manufacturers design products such as plastic utensils and to-go cups to be used only once.

Subject: Proposal to Ban Plastic Bags and Promote Sustainable Alternatives in Ghana Dear President Mahama and Honorable ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Geoscientists conducted the analyses, which revealed that human activity ... Low-Level Traffic Air Pollution Linked to Liver Damage and Fatty Liver Disease Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic ...

Human brains contain more microplastics than ever, according to a study which links prevalence of the harmful particles to ...