While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...

Scientists analyzed the liquid waste, or leachate, released by four Illinois landfills and the inflows and outflows of associated wastewater treatment plants to determine the fate of two contaminants: ...

Discover the often-overlooked impacts of traditional paints and explore how sustainable alternatives can contribute to a ...

Microplastics, phthalates, BPA and PFAS are all around us. What to know about these potentially toxic substances, how they ...

A study shows wastewater treatment plants remove 99% of microplastics and some PFAS from water, but these contaminants ...

Microplastics and PFAS flow into wastewater treatment plants from landfill leachate, left, and from storm and sanitary sewers ...

Litigation related to plastics and microplastic pollution is on the rise. Plaintiffs have brought claims under numerous ...

Microplastics in the atmosphere may be altering weather and climate by facilitating ice formation in clouds. Penn State ...

In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at ...

Microplastics can act as ice nucleating particles, potentially altering cloud formation, precipitation, and even global ...

Cloudy Skies Microplastics have once again been detected somewhere jarring as scientists reveal that these tiny plastic ...