Legislation that begins confronting plastic microfibers, the most pervasive type of plastic pollution in our oceans and waterways, cleared the powerful Assembly Natural Resources Committee on a 6-4 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Switching from plastic to glass food containers is an easy step to cut down on your microplastic exposure. But just because we ...

Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear. A typical closet is loaded ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a dirty little secret lurking in your laundry. A single load of laundry sends 15 million microfibers through our waterways. Microfibers are tiny little strands of plastic that ...

Taking inspiration from anchovies and herrings, researchers have made a new filter that could keep microplastics from entering waterways and oceans. The filter, with a design based on the gill systems ...

Reporting in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers found that plastic microfibers can entangle some of the smallest aquatic creatures: water fleas. Plastic pollution can harm some of ...

In Sunday’s Tribune, Adriana Perez opened up Pandora’s box in her article “Report says 86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic” (April 28). The invasive increase of plastics over the decades is ...

Pieces of polyester are displayed for a photograph before being recycled into silver nitrate at the Rochester Silver Works facility in Rochester, New York, on March 30, 2017. Your polyester shirt may ...

Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear. A typical closet is loaded ...