The products are used for just a few seconds; their materials will last for hundreds of years. What does that mean for humankind? The journalist Saabira Chaudhuri answers this question in Consumed, ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your climate impact. But recycling plastic will not address the plastic pollution ...

Plastics from food packaging are being found in human bloodstreams. Heating food in plastic containers increases the transfer of plastics and harmful chemicals. Consumers can reduce their exposure by ...

We hear it more often now. Those tiny particles that scientists can't stop talking about. They're in our water, in our air, ...

Ever wondered why that convenient plastic container might deserve a side-eye? The stuff we use daily without a second thought could be doing more than just holding our leftovers or making our lives ...

Microplastics have moved from distant ocean gyres into the most intimate of places: the human brain. A growing body of ...

Sometimes, it feels like our society is just starting to figure out that plastic isn't great and that eliminating single-use plastic should be the goal. Like, really—all plastic is pretty terrible. It ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Plastic is everywhere in most kitchens: ...

We all have that relative (or maybe we are that relative) who has a plethora of margarine tubs proudly washed and stacked like trophies waiting to sub in for those overpriced food storage containers.