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Plastic

How everyday exposure to chemicals, including BPA, affect your heart

  • Jan 23

California sues plastic bag makers

  • Oct 18, 2025
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Brain may contain higher amounts of microplastics

  • Feb 4, 2025

What to know about storing leftovers in plastic

  • Dec 23, 2024

10 years later, California bans all plastic bags at grocery stores

  • Sep 24, 2024

UC Berkeley chemists discover new way to break down plastics

  • Aug 30, 2024

Experts share steps to lower your health risk from microplastics

  • Jul 23, 2024

Earth Day aims to raise awareness about health risks of plastics

  • Apr 22, 2024

Latest Videos

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Research shows how everyday exposure to chemicals found in plastics, like BPA, may affect your heart

  • Feb 26
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California lawsuit says makers of plastic bags lied about products being recyclable

  • Oct 18, 2025
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'Back to plastic': Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don't work'

  • Feb 11, 2025
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California passed a ban on plastic bags in 2014. Here's why Gov. Newsom has now signed a similar law

  • Sep 24, 2024
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Are microplastic particles taking a toll on your health? Researchers share steps to lower your risk

  • Jul 23, 2024
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California bill would ban all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores

  • Feb 9, 2024
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Zero waste market hopes to change the way people think, shop

  • Jan 12, 2023
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USC researchers devise method aimed at recycling plastic trash into pharmaceuticals

  • Dec 9, 2022

Latest Stories

Starbucks is giving its plastic cups a makeover

The chain announced that the plastic cups for all sizes of its cold drinks have undergone an environmentally friendly redesign that uses up to 20% less plastic compared to the current version.

  • Apr 18, 2024

Irvine council's consideration of ban on single-use plastics prompts support, criticism

The Irvine City Council is considering whether to ban single-use plastics, including bags, straws, water bottles, utensils and Mylar balloons.

  • Nov 29, 2023

Indiana recycling plant fire is out; plant had been cited for hazards, smoke poses health risks

After firefighters spent two days battling an inferno fueled by plastics in eastern Indiana, the fire has been fully extinguished, officials said.

  • Apr 14, 2023

Food waste filling up US landfills, creating most harmful greenhouse gas, EPA data shows

The most common material sent to landfills is food. Here's what you can do to help reduce food waste at home.

  • Apr 12, 2023

Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate

"There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they're on fire, and it's concerning."

  • Apr 12, 2023