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The Plastic Pollution Crisis

The negative consequences of plastic are everywhere and affect everyone. Microplastics are now found throughout our bodies, ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Plastic in the air

Plastic pollution remains one of the world’s most challenging environmental problems. Plastic pollution has been found ...
Scientific American

The U.S. Has Its First Plan for Plastic Pollution. This Is What’s in It

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World ...
The Manila Times on MSNOpinion

A new monster in the plastic pollution problem

A RECENT feature story by Euronews has revealed the shocking extent of plastic pollution on Earth. The world has known for ...
The Conversation

Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it

Research Fellow, Ethical Consumption, Revolution Plastics Institute, University of Portsmouth Cressida Bowyer receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Medical ...
The Conversation

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery

Kate Spencer receives funding from NERC, Lloyd's Register Foundation and EU Interreg IV programme Preventing Plastic Pollution Nan Wu works for Queen Mary University of London and the British ...
CNET

Did California Ban Plastic Bags? What the New Law Means

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of ...
Forbes

Plastic Bag Bans Tackle Ocean Pollution Right, Study Finds

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...
Devdiscourse

Tracing Plastic from Farms and Cities to the Sea: Inside China’s Mulan River Crisis

A study by the Asian Development Bank shows how everyday plastic waste in China’s Mulan River Basin is washed from land into rivers and eventually the ocean, with solid waste and agricultural plastics ...

Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...
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14 foods that contain the most plastic pollution

Looking to decrease your consumption of microplastics? You should know that these foods and drinks have all been found to include more than their fair share.