"This is so sad." Beachgoer shares disturbing video of sickening pollution flowing onto popular US beach: 'How is this even allowed?' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable.

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

Microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters – were found in 55 juvenile northern hogsucker fish in tributaries of the Cheat, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.

Oregon launches the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, enhancing recycling services statewide.

There are few excuses left for polluting our environment with plastics – and the UK can lead the charge towards a more ...