Posted on trees in woods edging the Straight River Trail in Faribault, two duplicate blue signs drew my attention. I paused ...

Aviva Investors said in its 2026 outlook that a key market risk would come from central banks ending their rate-cutting cycles or even starting to hike, as price pressures build up from AI investment ...

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on Earth. A possible solution to this problem would be to recycle plastic waste, ...

That’s a wrap on harmful plastic? Microplastics — which slough off larger plastics — plague everything we touch, from our food to our cleaning tools, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and ...

See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. When Americans eat ...

Right now, an estimated 130 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year. By 2040, that number will jump to 280 million metric tons—about a garbage ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural polymers like DNA can create materials that break down in days, months or years rather than littering the environment for centuries. Researchers hope ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

For the average person, trying to avoid plastics can feel overwhelming—and maybe pointless. Our writer asked two experts how they navigate our plastic-filled world. While research into the health ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...

James Cronin received funding from the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council as co-investigators of the 'Plastic Packaging in People's Lives' (PPiPL) project. Project Reference: NE/V010611/1. More ...