Cardiovascular health is affected by environmental pollution, including microplastics and nanoplastics that have entered the food chain.

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggests 27 ...

Microplastics have permeated the region’s food chain, hitting countries like Indonesia and the Philippines the hardest. The ...

Aussie researchers are at the vanguard of scientists worldwide solving the global environmental crisis created by plastic pollution.

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a plastic material that disappears in seawater within hours, leaving no harmful residues. Designed to be more environmentally friendly than ...

Radiation is considered a form of ‘green chemistry’ because it allows us to process materials without using toxic chemicals or extreme conditions like high temperature or pressure. When we use ...

Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted three years ago.

US Plastics Pact report charts expansion path for recycled content in packaging The organization says its report outlines policy and market solutions to expand postconsumer recycled content and ...

Researchers have created a new plant-based material that could become a strong contender for a plastic replacement.

The clever design of the formulations means that the other known material specifications in terms of temperature stability, mechanical strength and shrinkage behaviour remain almost the same.

A new ocean-dissolvable plastic from Japan breaks down overnight with no microplastics left behind – safe, strong, and eco-friendly innovation for the future.

Breast-conserving therapy linked to breast shrinkage, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Study quantifies progressive breast volume loss after radiation therapy for early breast cancer ...