Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in ...

Reportedly, 13 containers aboard the cargo ship carried "dangerous goods." Officials issue warning as concerning debris from ...

In a nutshell Recycled plastic pellets from India, Nigeria, and Taiwan leaked 84 different chemicals into water, including ...

Gas, Oil Companies Like Chevron Phillips Have A Plastic Pellet Problem Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it ...

Bright blue pellets pooled along the edge of Pocono Creek on Monday, days after and miles away from the site of a tractor-trailer crash that spilled thousands of pounds of plastic into a nearby str… ...

A United Nations subcommittee has rejected a proposal from Germany and the Netherlands to classify plastic pellets as dangerous goods in maritime transport. The United Nations Subcommittee of Experts ...

White plastic pellets also littered the sand. “It’s like the belly of the lake just belched everything up that was in it,” said Carol Drake, who has spent years stewarding the city park.

Spanish state prosecutors are investigating the presence of numerous small plastic pellets along the northwest coastline, spilled from a transport ship. There are fears that the pellets may have ...

The millions of plastic pellets that spilled from a cargo ship more than a week ago keep piling up on both sides of the Mississippi river near the Chalmette Battlefield, pictured Tuesday, Aug. 18 ...

Plastic pellets from a cargo container that fell into the Mississippi River on Sunday, Aug. 2, litter the batture near Chalmette Battlefield. (Photo by Michael Pajon) Photo by Michael Pajon; ...

Billions of tiny plastic pellets have been spilling into oceans and rivers the world over, where birds and fish eat them. They are the building blocks of all plastic. Melt 350 of them, you get a ...

The oil and plastic industry, which makes plastic pellets, says it has programs in place to prevent any spills. But NPR and FRONTLINE found top officials have known about the problem for decades ...