Plastic cups are a party and picnic staple. However, some plastics, based on how they are used and the temperatures of liquids they hold, can lead to health issues. These are several plastic cups with ...

Plastic is everywhere—even in the foods we eat and the beverages we drink. CR’s recent tests of nearly 100 foods found two types of chemicals used in plastic, bisphenols and phthalates, in a wide ...

Walking down the street, or visiting the park or beach, there’s one thing you’ll almost inevitably see: pieces of plastic packaging—washed up on the sand, tangled in a hedgerow, lying in the gutter.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

It takes more than 1,000 years for plastic to decompose. Every plastic bottle, straw and container ever thrown away is still intact and somewhere on earth. The plastic problem affects every part of ...

Plastic and cosmetic surgery can have benefits and drawbacks. Plastic surgery addresses areas of dysfunction or irregularity, such as congenital disabilities or trauma. Cosmetic surgery enhances ...