Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable. Plastic chemicals are a core issue because all plastics, from food packaging ...

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

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 ...

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

Researchers in Japan have developed a method that reduces the energy needed to recycle Teflon by 50%, using an electron beam ...

It’s a staggering number: 16,000 plastic chemicals, with at least 4,200 of those considered to be “highly hazardous” to human health and the environment, according to the authors.

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from ...

EPA goes after plastics with chemicals plan. By Ellie Borst | 12/14/2023 01:44 PM EST . The Biden administration has set its sights on substances used in plastics, EPA’s chemical chief said ...

(CNN) — By contributing to the development of chronic disease and death, a group of hormone-disruptive plastic chemicals is costing the US health care system billions — over $249 billion ...

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 ...