Environment ❯ Pollution ❯ Plastic Pollution ❯ Microplastics

Health Impacts

Pew Report Says Reuse and Deposit-Return Could Nearly End Packaging Plastic Pollution by 2040

Greenpeace says recycling remains largely ineffective, with U.S. rates hovering around 5%.

Microplastics Alter Human Gut Microbiome in Early Study Presented at UEG Week

Microplastics Linked to Bone Harm in Major Review as New Animal Tests Begin

Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse as Petrochemical Bloc Blocks Drafts

UN Plastic Treaty Talks Deadlock After Chair’s Draft Omits Production Caps and Chemical Controls

Geneva Talks Resume to Resolve Deadlock on Global Plastics Treaty

Study Ties Coastal Microplastic Pollution to Elevated Cardiometabolic Disease Risk