Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

It started with a casual-but-loaded question on Capitol Hill. Sen. Roger Wicker asked point-blank if he should stop drinking from plastic water bottles. What followed – testimony from Dr. Tracey ...

Is it true that you should not drink from plastic water bottles left in a hot car? Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters — are in our food, water, clothing, personal care ...

I applaud Maya Livni's opinion column on curbing plastic pollution. "We can be a plastic-free Milwaukee if we demand action that protects our planet," Nov. 17. Our water, our bodies and Lake Michigan ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...