Some plastic bags have been known to contain potential cancer risks based on the materials used to make the bags. Here are several plastic bags with possible cancer risks.

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Plastics aren’t just cluttering beaches and jamming up recycling bins. They’re now a “grave, growing, and under-recognized danger” to human health, according to one of the world’s leading medical ...

Microplastics Are Invading Your Meals - and Your Body Here's something that might make you rethink tonight's dinner. 11 ...

"Have you been hearing about plastics, especially microplastics, lately?” I asked my husband. He spends a lot of time reading online, so he is often my gauge for column topics. I wondered what he had ...

The recent paper hypothesizes that consumption of ultraprocessed foods (foods made from ingredients rarely found in kitchens, such as high-fructose corn syrup, artificial dyes, and flavor additives) ...

A new Curtin University-led study has shed new light on the widespread number of households in developing countries burning ...

Over the last 20 years, scientists have come to recognize microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) as a growing form of ...

Microplastics are turning up in oceans, soil, drinking water, and human tissue. Learn where they come from, why they matter, and what helps reduce exposure.

Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...

Six weeks before delegates from 170 nations convened in Busan, South Korea, for the expected final round of negotiations on a treaty addressing plastic pollution, Boston College held a conference of ...

Many common kitchen items contain hidden plastics or plastic-like materials, from coatings to linings to microplastic ...