microplastic

Researchers at the University of Toronto found a filter can remove 87 percent of microfibers from the drain water.

There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. A study out of the…

Microplastic pollution has been building up in the Great Lakes for at least four decades, but our understanding of its impact on fish and other aquatic…

A new bill (HB 4819) in the state Legislature would ban the manufacturing and sale of personal care products with microbeads. The small plastic beads are…

Plastic pollution is choking landfills, the oceans - even the air we breathe.Current recycling programs for plastics are inadequate to deal with the…

A team of scientists from the U.S. and Canada are setting sail on Saturday. They’re heading out on a research trip to sample plastic pollution in all five…

Michigan lawmakers are talking about banning tiny balls of plastic in products sold in Michigan.A lot of us use products with microbeads in them. They’re…

There’s plastic trash in every one of the Great Lakes.That plastic includes junk people leave at the beach, microbeads from consumer products such as…

Ever seen a commercial for a face scrub or body wash that promises to “polish” your skin with “micro-beads?”Or maybe one of the hundreds of these products…