The Abilene Environmental Health Division conducts inspections for food safety compliance. Here are the scores for the week of Dec. 16-22.

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ.

An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...

We don’t often think of our clothing as plastic, but much of it is. Polyester, nylon, acrylic and other synthetic fibers are commonplace in the blended fabrics we wear every day. As a result, textiles ...

A New Jersey deli is crafting 2-foot-tall ravioli Christmas ... “We do anywhere between 35 to 45,000 fried ravioli platters on Christmas Eve,” he said. “Christmas is our Super Bowl.” ...

DecaBDE has been found in black plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers, grocery meat and produce trays, and children’s toys that have been recycled from electronic waste such as old ...

Both plastic and glass are fairly easy on the environment to produce, but are often very tricky, costly, and intense to recycle. When you factor in all of the water used to decontaminate plastic ...

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That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...

She still buys takeout sushi, for example, but transfers it from the black plastic tray onto a plate once she gets home, she said. Dr. Stapleton said she used a wooden spoon and metal utensils for ...

Do you know Windows 11 has a feature that lets you insert emoji into any text field? In fact, the feature also works within some games. You can access it with the keyboard shortcut (Win + “.” ...