Plastic pervades modern life, and menstruation is no exception. Since the middle of the 20 th century, many tampons and menstrual pads have contained somewhere between a little and a lot of plastic in ...

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BC's Philip Landrigan, M.D., and the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health present a sweeping new report showing plastic as a hazard at every stage of its life cycle Philip Landrigan ...

When preparing your holiday meals, the last thing you want to be thinking about is serving up a plate of microplastics. While these invisible-to-the-eye plastic particles can be found in everything ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...