There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...

Oven mitts? Don’t get him started. The same goes for plastic food wrap. I used to laugh at his disdain for the thin tubes we’d buy from the grocery store. I’d hear him grumbling and swearing as he ...

Spoiler alert: plastic wrap isn’t the answer. Pamela Vachon Contributor Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While she writes about most things edible and ...

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After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard and protects human, planetary and economic health. A high degree of ...

College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter ...

ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...

Polypropylene is a type of plastic used to make everything from yogurt containers to water bottles. It's easy to recycle and is one of the most popular plastics used today. You'll know a piece of ...

Polyphenols in foods like berries, dark chocolate, green tea, red wine, olive oil, nuts, apples, turmeric, legumes, and citrus fruits offer significant health benefits. These benefits include ...

Plastic wrap parenting, characterized by overprotectiveness and excessive control, limits children's autonomy, decision-making, and social development. This approach can lead to indecisiveness ...

Plastic wrap has been around for nearly a century, but regardless of its age, it's not the best choice for preserving food products. Plastic wrap is made of phthalate-free polyvinyl chloride (PVC) ...