A new study suggests that chemicals in plastics may throw off our bodies' sleep cycles.  Plastic is now prevalent in our ...

Synthetic braiding hair from major brands found to contain carcinogens, heavy metals, and organic compounds. Findings raise ...

The study further revealed that organic labels do not necessarily ... "All of those chemicals are used in the manufacturing of plastic, so if plastic makes its way into us, it's carrying those ...

Plastic pollution has escalated into a global ... demonstrated in this study can be applied to various long-chain organic compounds, including polyethylene and surfactants commonly used in ...

The potential health and environmental hazards from microplastics filtered into our drinking water is real. Microplastics are ...

More than 90 countries called on Tuesday for a global treaty to restrict plastic production, ahead of another round of ...

said that research on recycled plastics is limited. Despite that caveat, “there are a few studies really showing that contamination can be introduced more easily if you use recycled content.” One ...

Uganda is facing a growing plastic crisis. Despite a government ban on thin polythene bags in 2009, enforcement has been weak ...

Organic tampons contained higher levels ... the world are also heavily contaminated with both metals and chemicals used to produce plastic products, experts say. A February 2023 study found ...

Stoiber says that food labeled organic comes with the added benefit ... and “quite a bit of that is likely due to chemicals in plastic used to process those foods,” Trasande says.