Ghana faces a mounting waste crisis, with plastic pollution choking drains and fueling dangerous open-air burning.

Researchers found microscopic plastic particles in bird lungs, raising concerns about air pollution and human health.

Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new University of Texas at ...

admissions and satellite-based air pollution data, newborns exposed to higher levels of NO2 have a 30-35% higher risk of NICU admission and an ... Feb. 13, 2025 — Nanoplastics -- plastic ...

A UTA study reveals high levels of microplastics in bird lungs, highlighting concerns about the pollution humans breathe ...

Plastic waste is recognized as a major cause of environmental harm, with products like water bottles, plastic bags and clothing fibers acknowledged as major contributors to plastic pollution—but ...

They may be convenient for some, but plastic products pose an immense problem when they end up polluting oceans around the world.

Feb. 27, 2025 — Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in wildfire smoke or ... Biodiversity in England's ...

The US government is eschewing paper straws and going back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many ...

Air quality has improved across Europe ... reduce the health impacts of noise and reduce plastic pollution,” says European Environmental Agency executive director, Leena Ylä-Mononen.

Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling an ...