New testing found microplastic contamination in each of 30 Oregon waterways tested, including in Detroit Lake, which provides Salem’s drinking water.

New testing found microplastic contamination in each of 30 Oregon waterways tested, including in Detroit Lake, which provides Salem’s drinking water.

A new survey finds plastic pollution in every Pennsylvania waterway that was tested across the state. The nonprofit PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center tested 53 sites, including Lake Erie ...

Ebtehaj works at the University of Minnesota's lab on the river at St. Anthony Falls. For the past four years, he and his students have been working to develop sensors that identify plastics in water.

A plastics company has been fined almost $122,000 for polluting a South Texas waterway with plastic pellets, marking a victory for a group of residents who for years have fought pollution in the ...

The state of Georgia has closed the investigation of a resin pellet spill that was first reported in February, saying a transport company has completed its cleanup of the site.

City crews are working to clean up a local waterway after an "unauthorized discharge" of "inert plastic media" related to wastewater treatment. The city's wastewater treatment plant in east ...

New testing found microplastic contamination in each of 30 Oregon waterways tested, including in Detroit Lake, which provides Salem’s drinking water.