Researchers say exposure to a chemical commonly used in plastic was linked to nearly 2 million preterm births and more than ...

Plastic is ubiquitous, but does it carry a toxic load? This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Some 13,000 chemicals are associated with plastic ...

Sunlight was once thought to only fragment plastics in the marine environment into smaller particles that chemically resemble the original material and persist forever. However, scientists more ...

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Despite more than 100 published studies by government scientists and university laboratories that have raised health concerns about a chemical compound that is central to the multibillion-dollar ...

Plastic pollution is no longer just a story of bottles and bags drifting across the surface of the sea. As larger debris breaks down, it sheds microscopic fragments that quietly seep chemicals into ...

Studies by a Northwestern University-led team suggest that a common environmental bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni, may someday be harnessed as nature’s plastic recycling center. Most bacteria prefer ...

Asia Pacific is the largest and fastest-growing market for high-performance plastic compounds, with a CAGR of 8.1% during the ...

Woods Hole, MA (September 8, 2021) -- Sunlight was once thought to only fragment plastics in the marine environment into smaller particles that chemically resemble the original material and persist ...