Researchers collected trash that washed up at Gulf Coast shoreline sites over two years. Most of it was plastic.

The plastic ingredients BPS and diphenyl sulfone cause chromosomal abnormalities, and the effects can last for generations.

The 600-meter-long structure will tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—a huge buildup of trash floating between California and Hawaii—but not everyone thinks it will work.

The materials are a previously unaccounted-for source of methane and ethylene, researchers find.

Across the US, laboratories are finding creative ways to minimize the amount of plastic they throw away.  

Converting biowaste to plant food is an overlooked source of tiny plastic pollutants, researchers say.

The pre-peer review assessment finds the compound has “minimal effects,” but endocrinologists and others say key data have yet to come out.

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New research suggests that plastic might just “taste good” to hard corals.