An expert panel of the United Nations' Stockholm Convention voted Sept. 30 to put two plastics additives on its list of toxic chemicals that should be eliminated, although it called for phasing them ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

Anti-plastic campaigners have achieved limited initial success in passing bans based on the toxic health effects of some plastic types, especially those that contain known carcinogens and ...

A new study examined the effect of plastic additives on the reproductive process and larvae development of corals and other organisms commonly found in the coral reef of Eilat. A new study by Tel Aviv ...

Mr. Franklin-Wallis is the author of “Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future” and an editor at GQ. This essay is part of a series on environmental health. What ...