As part of its efforts to be more eco-friendly, roughly five years ago Starbucks Japan switched from plastic straws to paper ones. However, consumers haven’t been happy with paper straws in general, ...
Having plastics in our bodies is bad enough, but it is estimated that the plastics industry uses thousands of chemicals to make its plastic products — which means that the nanoplastics lodged in our ...
A new documentary airing on PBS tracks the link between fracked gas, U.S. plastics manufacturing, and global pollution, ...
What’s one thing you can’t go a day without? For me, it’s a slice of watermelon—yummy! Just thinking about it makes me want ...
A new method produces PEDOT nanofibers with enhanced electrical conductivity and increased surface area for improved charge ...
New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralization processes in marine ...
A recent US pilot study found natural chewing gums release 'similar amounts of microplastics' to synthetic gums ...
A recent US pilot study found natural chewing gums release 'similar amounts of microplastics' to synthetic gums ...
According to the study's estimate, an average individual chomping through 160 to 180 small sticks of gum annually could end ...
New research has warned that each piece of chewing gum can release a potentially harmful number of microplastics into your saliva, which then might be swallowed.
Creating a material of this nature requires remarkable scientific ingenuity because bacteria do not naturally make anything ...
The documentary tells the stories of two states with a major stake in the plastics economy: Louisiana and Pennsylvania. The ...