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With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment. Climate change ...

You probably already knew that plastic can be bad, but scientists have taken a closer look, and found out it can be bad in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" ...

"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

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The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

Five large patches of trash swirling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans serve as a crushing reminder that the ocean bears the brunt of the plastic pollution crisis, with more than 11 million ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating ...

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