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

Stainless steel is generally considered nontoxic and resistant to bacterial growth, but many popular stainless steel tumblers ...

I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life.

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

A new study reveals an alarming number of mechanisms throughout the life-cycle of plastic that could enhance or spread ...

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.

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

So why are plastics so jam-packed with chemicals? Plastic is a cheap substance that can be transformed into almost any material you can imagine, from silk-like synthetic fabrics to sturdy furniture.

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 ...

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.

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