According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production has doubled in the past two decades, and is set to triple again between 2019 and 2060 due to economic and population growth.

As global plastic production has ramped up in the last 20 years, so too has the concentration of these shredded, fossil fuel-derived polymers in human tissue samples. The findings are "pretty ...

Researchers from Tsinghua University in China said the rate of recycling had barely budged even as plastic production had exploded, presenting a "pressing global environmental challenge". Their ...