Greenpeace and hundreds of activists rallied outside the UN headquarters in Geneva, calling for a global treaty to cut ...

Ahead of a global meeting to negotiate the final steps of an international plastics treaty, The Lancet medical journal has published a comprehensive analysis of the impact plastic has on our health — ...

Global leaders are meeting in Geneva to discuss a treaty on plastic pollution. A new report highlights the health risks of ...

STORY: Plastic pollution is set to triple by 2040, adding 23-37 million metric tons of waste to the world's oceans each ...

A replica of Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker" outside the United Nations headquarters was being slowly ...

As U.N. plastics treaty negotiations resume in Geneva, industry and scientists release dueling research over whether health ...

Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of ...

The plastic pollution crisis is costing the U.S. some $1.5 trillion in health-related costs every year – and the threat is ...

A new review warns that plastic pollution is causing disease and death from infancy to old age, costing $1.5 trillion annually in health damages.

The Lancet report on plastic comes as scientists are warning about the dangers of microplastics found in brain tissue and ...

While the Trump administration sides with the petrochemical industry, it is time for ordinary people to speak up about ...

Almost three and a half years since the adoption of UN Environment Assembly Resolution 5/14, the world is on the brink of agreeing a historic instrument to end plastic pollution.