Goa's Sal River Contaminated by Microplastics; Fish, Shellfish Laced with Polymers
Water, sediments and biota (animal and plant life) in the Sal river—a major water body in South Goa—are contaminated with microplastics (MPs), the most common being black MPs which are caused by the abrasion of motor vehicle tyres on road surfaces, a study has revealed.
Takeaway food and drink litter dominates ocean plastic, study shows
Just 10 plastic products make up 75% of all items and scientists say the pollution must be stopped at source.
Plastics and toxic chemicals are killing fish — and poisoning us
Plastic, pesticides and other toxic substances are devastating the world’s fish and marine animals, according to a report released Tuesday.
Regulators missing pollution’s effect on marine life, study finds
Chemicals and plastics, not just overfishing, threaten aquatic food chain with ‘disaster’, report warns.
The Nature of Plastics: Explorations at the edge of the artificial
An NGO representative to the UN from the Women’s Book Association spotlights the harm done by plastics on the environment and ourselves.
Big Oil’s flagship plastic waste project sinks on the Ganges
The closure of Renew Oceans, which has not previously been reported, is a sign that an industry whose financial future is tied to the growth of plastic production is falling short of its targets to curb the resulting increase in waste, according to two environmental groups.
Small Particles, Big Problems?
Scientists Grapple with Many Unknowns about Microplastics and Their Impact on the Chesapeake Bay.
This Is How Much Plastic From Amazon Deliveries Ends Up In The Ocean
Online retail giant Amazon generated almost 500 million pounds of plastic packaging last year, more than 22 million pounds of which ended up in rivers and oceans, a new report has claimed, potentially threatening efforts by CEO Jeff Bezos to burnish his firm’s sustainability credentials.
These Items in Your Home Are Harming America’s Sea Animals
A new report by Oceana, a conservation group, illustrates some of what we know about how plastic affects sea turtles and marine mammals in United States waters.
The findings offer a glimpse of a larger problem.
The House just passed another “Save Our Seas” act. Here’s why it won’t.
Outside of Congress, the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act has faced steeper scrutiny from environmentalists who see it as an extension of decades’ worth of failed policies that assume the plastics crisis can be solved by innovating recycling and waste management…