Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable.

If you were using a contaminated spatula, the study said, you could be exposing yourself to 80 percent of the daily EPA limit ...

Common “forever chemicals” found in everyday items like non-stick cookware, food packaging and waterproof clothing could ...

The rule would have further monitored PFAS and other chemicals from plastics used in chemical recycling. The plastic industry ...

Yet only 6 percent of plastic chemicals — which can account for up to 70 percent of a product’s weight — are subject to international regulations. Related.

Stainless steel is generally considered non-toxic and resistant to bacterial growth, but many popular stainless steel ...

By adding citric acid and squid ink to a cellulose-based polymer, researchers created a variety of structurally colored ...

Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of ...

At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environmental agencies, a report published on Thursday found ...

A traditional economy follows a linear "take-make-use-dispose" path. A circular economy, in contrast, retains the value of ...

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — “Life in plastic; it’s fantastic,” so the song goes, but in reality, plastics and the chemicals used to create them have been increasingly linked to numerous ...

plastic chemicals lurking in the food that we eat, it’s a potentially gross and dangerous idea, but the reality is chemicals are there and they’ve been there for decades.