Around the world, some 16 billion plastic syringes and 15 billion face masks are thrown away each year.1,2 Unknown in the first half of the 20th century, the global production, circulation, and ...

Researchers systematically mapped the evidence on micro-, meso-, and nanoplastics migrating from plastic food-contact ...

Exposure to microplastic pollution might raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, according to a new study.

Plastic particles may be infiltrating the human body far more than previously thought — with serious implications for ...

Researchers measured micro- and nanoplastics in such food and drink products as beer, canned fish, rice, mineral water, tea ...

The right to health is not only enshrined within the preamble of the Constitution of the WHO, but exists in international human rights treaties, regional instruments and over 100 constitutions around ...