Eric Newton is a funny man on a mission to help Angelenos reduce their trash – focusing on all of the plastics that dominate modern life, pollute the environment and our own bodies. Newton employs the ...

UNICEF warns that plastic chemicals, particles and pollution can disrupt this development at multiple levels, potentially leading to lifelong health consequences ...

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 ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...