Exposure to a trio of chemicals found in many everyday household and industrial items may have contributed to millions of cases of heart disease, stroke, and deaths over the years according to ...

Plastic pollution has been a steadily growing concern for years. Not only does the physical waste present a challenge for communities, but plastics also release chemical additives, such as ...

A Spanish food study reveals that even baby foods and meals in glass jars can contain concerning levels of plastic additives, with one chemical exceeding safety thresholds in infants under ...

A new study has found that chemical additives in everyday plastic might be stopping – or, at best, interrupting – the reproductive habits of a shrimp-like species that is key to the marine food chain.

With the aging population in the United States growing increasingly older, the incidence of cancer and other chronic conditions is not expected to subside any time soon. In turn, there’s been ...

Susan Selke receives funding from the Center for Packaging Innovations and Sustainability, Michigan State University. Rafael Auras receives funding from the Center for Packaging Innovations and ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Recycling plastic works; additives to biodegrade plastic do not. A new study from Michigan State University shows that several additives that claim to break down polyethylene ...

Environmentalists around the country have been pushing for a “sustainable plastic,” and companies have responded with what, at first glance, seems to be the silver-bullet solution: degradable plastic.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top seven leading vendors in their recent global plastic additives market report. This research report also lists 12 other prominent vendors that ...

The demand for plastics is growing steadily owing to its wide application in the packaging industry. Furthermore, the surging demand for electronics, pipes, cosmetics, and other products will also ...

A new study finds that microplastics -- tiny pieces of plastic ingested by aquatic life -- are present in solitary ascidians, sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders, all along the Israeli ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Plastic Additive Market By Type (Plasticizers, Flame Retardants, Impact Modifiers, Stabilizers, Lubricants, Blowing Agents and Others), By Function, By ...