Consuming any liquid from a plastic waterbottle is one of the sure ways to consume microplastics, with single-use plastic ...

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A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

Last year, for example, his fixation with vintage faux fruit led him on a six-month search for plastic grapes, which he incorporated into his latest collection in the form of a sleeveless dress ...

And much of what we use, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose us to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum could be added to the ...

An Air India flight from Chicago to New Delhi last Wednesday was forced to return several hours into its journey after multiple bathrooms on the plane were clogged with rags, clothes and plastic ...

On any given day, dozens of black and gray square zippered bags, lined in pink and blue, can be found inside large cartons at UPS stores across the city. The stacks of bags, from Philadelphia-based ...