Once seen as a barren plastic wasteland, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now a thriving habitat for coastal species. These organisms, pr...

A University of Birmingham study indicates that most indoor microplastics in settled dust arrive from synthetic fibers and fragments, like ...

Researchers have found that chewing gum releases microplastics into people's mouths, adding another source of microplastic exposure. Both s...

Reheating food in plastic containers may increase dementia risk due to microplastic exposure, according to new research. Microplastics foun...

A recent study reveals appalling levels of nanoplastics in human brains, which has called into question their possible involvement in neuro...

Research by Danube Private University in Austria revealed that drinking water from plastic bottles may elevate blood pressure due to microp...

On average, humans take in 0.1-5 g of microplastics weekly through various pathways.

At least we are not silly or unwary enough to do that, even though vast mounds of non-biodegradable synthetic packaging discarded by us fin...

Starbucks became the biggest organisation so far to announce it will become plastic straw-less, but gives itself till 2020 to do so.

Scientists have found plastic in the stomachs of animals living more than 10 kilometres below the ocean surface in the deepest places on Ea...

Sydney, May 16 (IANS) A remote island in the South Pacific is the most polluted place on the planet, Australian research said on Tuesday.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said as per available information, consumption of plastic in the country was 11 million tons in 2013...

Delhi HC agreed to hear a plea alleging that rice made out of plastic, imported from China, was being sold in the country and seeking testi...

Nearly 700 species of marine animal are threatened by man-made debris such as plastic and glass, according to a new global study.

Over 5.25 trillion plastic particles, with a combined weight of 269,000 tons may be floating in the world's oceans, according to a new stud...

The Supreme Court said on Monday while warning that it posed a threat more serious than the atom bomb for the next generation.

Concerned over rampant use of plastic carry bags which adds to the environmental pollution, the West Bengal Government today announced a ba...