Your meal prep containers might be putting your heart at risk. A new study reveals that phthalates—common chemicals found in ...

Phthalates, which are found in cosmetics, food packaging and other common household plastics, are linked to early death from ...

Household plastics -- found in water bottles, food packaging, shampoos and toys -- could be contributing to hundreds of ...

The paper linked phthalates, commonly found in plastics, to 350,000 deaths globally. But the data come with caveats.

A phtalate used to make plastics softer has been linked to heart disease deaths around the globe, according to a new study.

Coca-Cola has a plastic problem. Oceana’s report projects The Coca-Cola Company’s plastic use will exceed 9.1 billion pounds (4.1 million metric tons) per year by 2030 if the company does not change ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Researchers in Japan have now made a new paper-based material that could be an ideal replacement for those single-use plastics. The millimeter-thick ...

In response to burgeoning demand for polycarbonate, which is estimated to have grown by 10% annually over the last decade, GE Plastics (GEP ... acetone and phenol are used to produce bisphenol A at a ...

Despite global pledges and policy nudges, single-use plastics — bags, straws, cups, wrappers — continue to dominate shelves and oceans alike. This toxic trail of microplastics and chemical ...

In 2019, Coca-Cola was named the world's worst plastic polluter, and despite pledges to increase recycled plastic use, progress has been slow. This latest partnership with UNDP has the potential to ...

The UK’s plastic bag tax, first introduced in 2015, has proven highly effective. By 2023, the 5p charge, later increased to 10p, resulted in a 98 per cent reduction in single-use plastic bags ...

A waterproof, plant-based material that degrades quickly in the ocean could offer a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics in cups and straws. Transparent paperboard is, like cellophane ...