On a morning in Wako, a small city just outside Tokyo, Takuzo Aida held up a thin piece of clear plastic. It looked like the ...

Tiny pieces of plastic that have made their way into human bodies could be responsible for the rise of deadly superbugs. Research has revealed that a build-up of these microplastics – minuscule ...

The "Connie's Thin Crust Cheese Pizza" product was voluntarily ... 2024. Small or sharp pieces of plastic present in food can pose a choking hazard or risk of injury to the digestive tract if ...

The next day, the whale's body, thin and covered with shark ... that at least 14 million tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean every year. Large pieces of plastic can be swallowed by marine ...

On average, Vanderzyl found 21 plastic bits per every 50 grams of sand. Most of them, he says, were microfibers, the hair-thin fibers that ... behind millions of pieces of plastic.

Humans have filled the world’s oceans with more than 170 trillion pieces of plastic, dramatically more than previously estimated, according to a major study released Wednesday. The trillions of ...

“Hope, or a lack of place to put your hope.” The collection: “American midcentury plastic tableware.” Number of pieces in the collection: “About 400.” First purchase: “I saw one in a ...