Is it okay to store food in plastic bags in your freezer? Which foods have a lot of microplastics? This is what I tell my patients.

Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are increasingly recognized as pervasive environmental contaminants that accumulate in animals ...

Most workout wear that clings to our skin is laden with chemicals. Now, some alternatives are coming to market ...

The report, “Are We Cooked? The Hidden Health Risks of Plastic-Packaged Ready Meals”, reviewed 24 recent scientific studies and found that convenience food items marketed as “safe-to heat” are in fact ...

Heating plastic-packaged ready meals—even those labeled as “safe to heat”—and takeout foods in microwaves or ovens can ...

SAUGATUCK, MI — Authorities say “several thousand pounds” of tiny plastic pellets spilled from a semi-trailer last month and some have entered the Kalamazoo River. A northbound semitrailer began ...

Thousands of pounds of plastic pellets, known as nurdles, spilled along I-196 and into the Kalamazoo River near Saugatuck ...

A semitruck overturned on a west Michigan highway and spilled plastic "nurdles" into the Kalamazoo River, state environmental ...

Chemicals found in menstrual products typically are at concentrations low enough to make their health impact unclear. But ...

"Especially fatty foods or acidic foods leach chemicals from plastic," Loria recommended. "If you can avoid putting your food into a plastic Tupperware or plastic bag, and you can use foil or glass ...

Fabulose is an EU funded project coordinated by the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF). Its consortium consists of leading research ...