ARE YOU too wrapped up in plastic and using plastic bags more out of convenience than necessity? They are harmful to both the ...

"I thought my levels would be lower than the general public because I know so much about it," told Aidan Charron. "But ...

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Dr. Stephanie Widmer explains potential hazards of single-use plastic. Safety concerns have loomed over microplastics, be it from your cutting board while prepping food to cook at home or items ...

which aims to reduce plastic pollution. The treaty, Hocevar explained, could address plastics with harmful chemicals or plastic products that are difficult to recycle. In the meantime, should we ...

A recent study that recommended toxic chemicals in black plastic products be immediately thrown away included a math error that significantly overstated the risks of ...

The Food and Drug Administration Thursday updated the criteria food and drink items must meet to merit a "healthy" label on their packaging. To qualify, they have to have limited amounts of ...

Some foods that could previously carry the healthy label — such as white bread and heavily sweetened cereal and yogurt — will no longer qualify. But nuts and seeds, salmon and olive oil and ...

Two new reports show how much work remains for companies to meet their ambitious pledges to cut the plastic waste that clogs oceans and threatens human health.

June 22, 2022. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images Compostable plastic products contain a certification label from the U.S. Composting Council, typically the number "7" inside a recycling ...

“This warning label isn’t a panacea, we know that, but it is another tool in our toolbox. It’s one prong in what has to be a multi-pronged continued, coordinated effort to address this ...

Driven by its Netherlands-based operations, this initiative eliminates the need for applying plastic price look-up (PLU ... of the laser technique is that there is no need to replace label rolls or ...