Expert Review Finds ‘Microwave-Safe’ Plastic Containers May Not Be as Safe as Consumers Think ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

It can feel like everything is a cancer risk these days, even items that used to be considered "good" for our overall health ...

While you’ve probably been told at some point that it’s not a good idea to heat foods in plastic, it’s fair to find yourself debating whether this is actually an issue when you’re standing in front of ...

For yoghurt and quark pots, around 15% of recyclable material is lost. NTCP, TNO and partners are investigating how to ...

You pull leftovers from the fridge in their plastic container and toss them straight into the microwave. It’s convenient, quick, and apparently slowly contaminating your food with chemicals that weren ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most defining environmental challenges of our time. Despite efforts to recycle or responsibly dispose of plastic, vast garbage patches in the oceans continue to grow, ...

Microplastics cause decreases in the populations of grazing animals in ponds, ultimately resulting in toxic algal blooms.

The data is building that plastics have the potential to adversely impact human health,” says Linda S. Birnbaum, a toxicologist and the former director of the National Institute of Environmental ...