In a win-win for sea animals and humans, a scuba diving group is turning plastic water bottles that once polluted oceans into face masks for people to protect themselves against the coronavirus.The ...

What do birthday balloons, vape pens and discarded lottery tickets have in common? They were all found among the sand and seashells of New Jersey’s beaches, according to the 2021 Beach Sweeps Report ...

Face masks used to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus as well as protecting yourself from the deadly disease have become an important tool in the past year that has been the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Every minute of the day we throw away 3 million face masks. Many end up as potentially toxic micro- and nanoplastic or carriers for other toxicants in the environment, researchers warn. Recent studies ...

While San Diego County has been strongly encouraging people to wear face coverings when they run essential errands, it will be legally mandated throughout the county starting on May 1. Now, a Southern ...