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A small piece of plastic — no larger than a baseball — can be enough to kill an adult Florida manatee, according to new findings from Ocean Conservancy. The ...

"To protect health, it would be important to also take tire abrasion into account when regulating air quality and to set limits for microplastics in the air," said professor Hartmut Herrmann from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amidst the escalating global plastic pollution crisis, Cause Water, a pure mountain spring water produced by Golden Grail Beverages (OTC: GOGY) ...

As world leaders work on the first treaty to end plastic pollution, Erie seems to be on a different planet. The U.S. changed its position on the United Nations' first global plastics treaty in August ...

Cleaning plastic containers in household dishwashers has been linked to both polluting wastewater and health issues. When these containers are cleaned, microplastics and nanoplastics are released ...

CLIMATEWIRE | BUSAN, South Korea — United Nations members had meant to use this past week to work out how to end plastic pollution. Instead they return to their homes empty-handed from the coastal ...

Along the final stretch of the Seyhan River, in southern Türkiye, plastic bits in various colors dot the water and sediment. When the river bends, shredded plastic, degraded by the elements, forms ...

If your bathtub is leaking and water is everywhere, do you start mopping the floor or do you first turn off the tap?” That’s the question Toronto-born “artivist” Benjamin Von Wong poses through his ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped where ...