Watch a horrific video that shows gypsies in Bulgaria deliberately throw their trash and plastic into a local river that flows into the Mediterranean. The level of plastic pollution in the world ocean is catastrophic and mictoplastics have been detected in every human and animal on Earth.
Plastic trash is littering the land and fouling rivers and oceans. But what we can see is only a small fraction of what's out there.
Since modern plastic was first mass-produced, 8 billion tons have been manufactured. And when it's thrown away, it doesn't just disappear. Much of it crumbles...
Penises are shrinking, and more boys are being born with genital defects, two Melbourne scientists claim.
They think chemicals in plastics are to blame.
Their controversial stance is based on studies of animals exposed to the chemicals, as well as human data they say shows rates of...
Microplastic soil contamination was found even in remote mountains in Switzerland
Shocking new research has confirmed that microplastic pollution contaminates soil across Switzerland, even in remote mountains. The scientists said the problem could be worse in other nations with poorer waste...