Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic waste can linger for centuries, polluting coastlines and creeping into our food chain. (REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/File ...

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Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from ...

Dishwasher pods sometimes get lumped into the same category as microplastics, but technically they’re different. The pods—used for laundry as well—are wrapped in a type of plastic called polyvinyl ...

While plastic refuse on land is a familiar eyesore as litter and a burden on landfills, in the marine environment it can be lethal to sea creatures by way of ingestion or entanglement. Now, a new ...

A passionate home cook since childhood, Mark Marino has covered food news for numerous national print and digital publications. He also served as the executive director of The Kitchn's shopping team, ...

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Leipzig shows that recycled polyethylene plastic can leach ...

A pair of engineers has won the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a non-toxic, recyclable, and compostable replacement for plastic and toxic “forever chemicals”—per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Fay Couceiro receives funding from Research Councils, Industry and philanthropic organisations for work relating to microplastics and their removal from the environment. John Schofield does not work ...