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Plastic pollution is more than just trash on the beach. Marine plastic waste releases PFAS and heavy metals into the water of small freshwater lakes and ponds, at levels exceeding the threshold limits ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering plastic pollution. The Health Policy ...

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) ...

A Texas environmental activist is in the second week of a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's application to relax rules on discharging plastics into the state's coastal waterways. Diane Wilson, a ...

Cockroaches have emerged as an unlikely hero in the fight against plastic pollution, as new research reveals the bugs’ gut microbes can rapidly degrade polystyrene. Plastic pollution is a global ...

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): As plastic pollution grows into a serious environmental and health challenge in Afghanistan, women in ...