According to a study published in the journal Science, a new method converts mixed plastic waste into fuel with 95% ...

Researchers have linked a harmful chemical in plastic to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease worldwide, and even as pervasive as plastic is, local experts said there are ways for people ...

Good sleep habits are crucial to a healthy lifestyle. A new study suggests that chemicals in plastics may throw off our bodies' sleep cycles. Plastic is now prevalent in our lives and hard to avoid, ...

DEHP, a plastic-softening chemical, may have contributed to 356,000 global heart disease deaths in 2018 NYU researchers identify Asia and the Middle East as bearing three-quarters of the health burden ...

The agency named the next five chemicals it thinks should face an extensive risk assessment process. EPA has announced the next five chemicals it will launch a lengthy risk review process for, a move ...

Chemical recycling sparks both hope and controversy: some hail it as a game changer in the battle against plastic waste; ...

Countries that want the plastics treaty to limit what they see as problematic plastic products and chemicals are stepping up their push for the agreement to more explicitly address risks to human ...

A common chemical in household plastics has been linked with heart disease deaths. In 2018, about 13.5 percent of the more than 2.6 million deaths from cardiovascular disease among people ages 55 to ...