Microplastics which have been used in leave-on cosmetic and personal care products are being overlooked by research and regulators, according to new critical review conducted by scientists at the ...

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...

Plastic pollution has reached every corner of our planet, from the highest mountaintops to deep ocean trenches. It also contaminates the air we breathe and water we drink. According to a 2023 report ...

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

The UK government must urgently draw up a comprehensive national strategy to tackle microplastic pollution or risk falling further behind international efforts to address one of the most pervasive ...

Microplastic pollution in the world's oceans is often illustrated through evocative images of wildlife caught within large items floating on the surface, or microplastics blending in among the sand on ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the devastating physiological and behavioural effects on fish exposed to the tiny bits of plastic pollution clogging the world's ...