— -- Here is one word about an up-and-coming innovation in plastics: cornfields. Bioplastics — most of which are now made from corn — are poised to grab a bigger share of the plastics market as ...

Plastic in chewing gum? Most consumers don’t realise they’re chewing it. As scientists raise health and environmental ...

It's not easy being green. I've been trying and failing to cut single-use plastic out of my life for several months. To be fair, I often wasn't trying that hard. I bought a reusable coffee mug and ...

I used to love my Teflon pans. I crisped tofu, fried latkes, and reduced sauces to sticky glazes in them, marveling at how cleanup never took more than a swipe of a sponge. Then I started to worry ...

These risks don’t only emerge while fillings are in the mouth. A key concern is the microscopic plastic dust produced during ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...