Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

“Plastic particle air pollution is now pervasive and inhalation ... created by the breakdown of larger plastic products like water bottles or clothes. Research now strongly suggests that these ...

Are you cognizant of how many particles from grocery bags or water ... loads of plastic into the water. All of which, due to erosion, may turn into microplastics, the bane of the particle ...

In contrast, the concentration of PLA particles in the water ... as particle pollution that changes properties during passage through the digestive system. The many transformations plastic ...