Researcher holding small pieces of micro plastic pollution washed up on a beach. (File/Alistair Berg/Getty Images) Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are ...

Cigarette filters release two dozen microfibers upon first contact with water, threatening wildlife and human health.

Testing for levels of microplastic contamination in marine plankton aims to help develop new ways to assess and manage the rising global pollution problem, experts say. Researchers examined the ...

Plastic and microplastic pollution has become a defining environmental concern of our time; headlines warn that these invisible particles might be infiltrating our food and drink. But how much of this ...

A new study by the University of Vienna shows airborne microplastic emissions are much lower than previously thought, with ...

Microplastics have already found their way into every environment on our planet, but contamination from this pollution is expected to get increasingly worse. Microplastic pollution could more than ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles less than five millimeters in size, have become one of the most pervasive pollutants in our environment. They originate from the breakdown of a variety of sources ...

Greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere. Plastic pollution is proliferating in the environment. Both are bad for the planet — and global warming could be making plastic pollution worse, ...

Exclusive: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs ...

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