Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

Polling shows environmental issues are far from the top of voters’ minds this year, and the global plastics crisis rarely gets a mention—unless it’s to defend plastic straws. Nevertheless ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...

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"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

The sensitivities of the aforementioned assays vary a lot. Direct sequencing-based assays have limited sensitivity, while assays based on PCR restriction fragment-length polymorphisms (RFLPs ...