If findings of rat study are verified in humans, urgent action needed

UCLA-led research highlights some harmful effects of BPS, a common substitute for BPA

"This is how a major university, with strengths in research and regional impact, can consider a large-scale problem."

Researchers lead Anthropocene study into lasting effects of plastic on land and oceans

Scientists thought guppies in Northern Trinidad could be a rare example of adaptation to crude oil pollution. But they found something else.

Most people are exposed to mercury by eating fish, particularly from open ocean and coastal fisheries

Plymouth University joins with Heriot-Watt in nanoplastics research project

Sea salts contained the highest concentrations of microplastics from 550 to 681 particles per kilogram

Dyeing and processing yarns and fabrics could become "greener" and more expensive

Decontamination of polluted sites, often many hectares in scale, is costly and in itself can have a high environmental impact