Tag: plastic pollution

A new review highlights how micro- and nanoplastics threaten ecosystems and human health, and how aptamer-based biosensors could finally deliver ...

A new drone-based study shows that ordinary cameras can map plastic film residues on farmland, while purpose-built short-wave infrared sensors ...

A twelve-week mouse study shows that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in liver macrophages and disrupt metabolism in strikingly different ways ...

The first systematic global review finds microplastics are ubiquitous in Ramsar wetlands, with rising contamination, polyethylene and polypropylene dominating, and ...

A comparative policy analysis finds Malaysian cities heavily contaminated with microplastics yet governed by legislation that never explicitly addresses them, ...

A new study of fifteen community-led initiatives reveals how grassroots innovation is driving India's transition to a circular economy for ...

A comprehensive review in National Science Review maps how plastics spread, transform and cause harm across ecosystems and human health, ...

A scoping review of 27 studies finds that infant formula and plastic feeding bottles can expose babies to millions of ...

A ROV survey of Argentina's Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon has revealed plastic bags, wrappers, fishing gear and other human ...

As UN plastics treaty negotiations remain stalled, California's addition of microplastics to its Candidate Chemicals List on October 1 opens ...