Long-term monitoring reveals that young Sable Shearwater birds are now swallowing far more plastic than in earlier years.

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Polystyrene nanoplastics harmed male and female reproductive systems differently in animals, and the damage reached the next ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

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A study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed for the first time the extent of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on livestock, humans and the wider environment on the Kenyan island of ...

In a paper published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers at Kyushu University report on what happens when wharf roaches, a common shoreline scavenger, eat expanded polystyrene (EPS).

A University of at Mānoa graduate’s new research reveals that plastic pollution poses a significant, unseen threat to endangered coral reefs. The study found that chemicals leaching from plastics ...

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SB 1180 was opposed by the Flexible Packaging Association, Plastics Industry Association and others. The $5 billion Plastic ...

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