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8 million metric tons of plastic wind up in Earth’s oceans annually, where marine animals are exposed to this pollution and its potential health effects.

Tiny seafloor creatures play a vital role in coastal ecosystems. New research suggests microplastics may now be interfering with that balance.

Scientists have shown that plastic bottles could be converted into levodopa, an important Parkinson’s drug, with implications for both medicine and the environment.

Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.

Don’t trust your nose – your kitchen sponge could be crawling with salmonella.

Normally land-bound pathogens that cause deadly diseases for both humans and animals can cling to microplastics and end up in your seafood.

Changes in our environment can reveal previously hidden mutations in our DNA with potentially good and bad consequences.

Enzyme proteins can be bred and trained to digest plastics rather than their natural substrates.

Like the bronze and iron ages, plastic is defining an archaeological era.

From blood to mud: medical tech that once studied viruses and tumours now analyses ancient mud and ice to look for environmental changes.