The government has set up a task team to look at imposing a total ban on microbeads – the tiny plastic beads used in cosmetics, toothpaste and sandblasting.

Water quality in the country's offshore areas is deteriorating, even though the amount of wastewater discharged into the sea dropped last year, a report has found.

Italy's lakes are polluted by trash, microplastics, and untreated sewage, Legambiente environmentalist association said in what was its first national report on freshwater basins on Monday.

Residents have been advised not to drink water from the Vaal River due to pollution.

Officials say various levels of government are tackling the crisis.

Chhattisgarh's five river stretches have been put under “Priority Class V” of pollution parameters of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

A huge bloom of toxic algae has spread in the Baltic Sea, forcing people off beaches but delighting scientists who research cancer and antibiotics

A federal judge on Wednesday removed Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, a former mayor of Flint, along with the state government from a list of defendants in a class-action lawsuit over the Flint water

Monrovia – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refuted media reports that Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) polluted creeks in Kpogbah District in Grand Bassa.

Drinking water in Johannesburg and Tshwane is polluted with microplastics, a new study has found.