With 400 million tons of plastic produced annually, landfills are overflowing. Oceans are choking on microplastics. And global plastic production is on pace to triple by 2060. But a new wave of ...

Researchers have found several hundred different chemical substances in tap water stored in reusable plastic bottles. Several of these substances are potentially harmful to human health. There is a ...

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This story is adapted from A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies, by Matt Simon. The year was 1863, and famous billiard player Michael Phelan was worrying about ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in ...

One of the by-products of the Wartime boom in the chemical industry was the development of non-inflammable plastics. Until then the plastic business’s chief claim to fame was the familiar, ...

Reusable plastic bags and unrecyclable film packaging from Southern California stores and retailers are seen in Laguna Niguel. Jan Dell/Handout via REUTERS California’s attorney general on Wednesday ...

Plastics from food packaging are being found in human bloodstreams. Heating food in plastic containers increases the transfer of plastics and harmful chemicals. Consumers can reduce their exposure by ...

Oregon lawmakers passed a bill in 2021 to upgrade the state’s recycling system — and get manufacturers of packaged goods to pay for a lot of the improvements. Lawmakers in Washington recently tried to ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - California's attorney general on Wednesday sent letters to top plastic bag manufacturers requesting information about their claims that the bags they produce are ...