It is well known that discarded cigarette butts release nicotine, heavy metals and other toxins into the environment, including natural water systems. Less understood, however, is what happens to the ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how polymer-coated fertilizer (PCF) applied to fields ends up on ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere – in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in ...

The study said that once inhaled, microplastics and nanoplastics can carry additives, absorbed chemicals, and pathogens into ...

A new study from has overturned assumptions about airborne plastic pollution, finding that a rural woodland area recorded ...

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers ...

STORY: This river in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state has one of the world’s highest concentrations of microplastic pollution, according to a new study. Its findings are raising concerns among scientists and ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...

Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

A new study from the University at Buffalo examines this issue, with findings showing that one cigarette filter can release ...