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Optical ‘Sieve’ Chip Lets Standard Microscopes Spot and Size Nanoplastics to 200 Nanometers

Published in Nature Photonics, the Melbourne–Stuttgart device uses color shifts in gallium arsenide cavities to trap particles by size.

Study Finds Disposable COVID-Era Masks Leach Microplastics and Bisphenol B

Scientists Explain Mediterranean 'Neptune Balls' That Trap Ocean Plastic

South Australia Enforces Ban on Fish-Shaped Soy Sauce Containers

UN Plastics Treaty Talks End Without Deal in Geneva

Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse as Petrochemical Bloc Blocks Drafts

Geneva Negotiators Fail to Seal Global Plastics Treaty Over Production and Chemical Disputes

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

Global Plastics Treaty Talks Stall as Deadline Looms

Consensus Deadlock Imperils Global Plastics Treaty in Geneva

Producers’ Resistance Stalls Global Plastics Treaty in Geneva Talks

Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks Deadlocked by US Push to Reject Caps

UN Plastics Treaty Talks Stall in Geneva as Oil States Block Production Caps

Fractured Demands Stall Geneva Plastics Treaty Negotiations

UN Negotiators in Final Push for Global Plastics Treaty

Nearly 180 Countries Begin Final Negotiations on Binding Plastics Treaty

Geneva Talks Resume to Resolve Deadlock on Global Plastics Treaty

Geneva Negotiations Restart on Global Plastics Treaty

Nearly 180 Nations to Push for Breakthrough in Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks

Study Finds Adults Inhale Over 68,000 Fine Microplastics Daily in Indoor Settings