Unlike other East African countries, Uganda has failed to enforce the bans on single-use plastic bags. They continue to be ...

Scientists have long suspected that the quickly accumulating microplastic particles inside human bodies will pose a great ...

Microplastics have emerged as a major environmental challenge due to their minute size, persistence, and toxicity. These tiny ...

a professor specializing in environmental and natural resource science at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, showed that samples of wastewater in Tokyo contained 420 microplastic ...

Plastic bags, locally known as kaveeras, are everywhere. As a result, microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils continues. The long term implications for soil health, crop quality ...

Plastic water bottles have been found to contain some of the highest levels of microplastic contamination. Plastic water bottles have been found to contain some of the highest levels of ...

Three percent of the larval fish caught for a 2017 study by researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth had eaten microplastic fibers. PHOTOGRAPHED AT MARINE ...

Anthropogenic particles found in edible tissues of Pacific seafood highlight evidence of microplastic contamination across trophic levels and market chains Study: From the ocean to our kitchen ...