As the fifth and final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to develop a Global Plastics Treaty resumes, our nation faces a critical moment. The stakes are clear ...
“Remember, the U.S. is supposed to be the leading textile supplier for Western hemisphere countries, and when Western hemisphere suppliers are already struggling with having enough of the right ...
Environmental groups see this approach as less effective, since there are so many kinds of plastic products and because product manufacturers do not always have complete information about the ...
Now, a study published in Chemosphere, which was led by researchers at Toxic-Free Future and the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment at Vrije Universiteit, gives even more reason to ...
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Plastics can contain thousands of different chemicals, many of them linked to cancer and reproductive harm, and many never tested for safety. Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals ...
Environmental groups see this approach as less effective, since there are so many kinds of plastic products and because product manufacturers do not always have complete information about the ...
That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the ...
China is home to large supplies of coal ... it is needed due to faster infrastructure permitting. As the northern hemisphere moves into its winter season, the need for more energy for warming ...