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(Getty Images/iStockphoto) The research, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver, raised urgent questions about the role of plastic pollution in pregnancy ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign previously sold Trump-branded plastic straws with the message, “Liberal paper straws don't ...