Plastics. They seem so…inert. Slow to erode or decay, with a biodegradation time measured in the hundreds of years, plastics appear cut off from the organic environment in the way that no other ...

Do we need a chemistry degree to figure out what to eat and drink? Perhaps we do. Here’s one example to pay attention to as we guzzle bottled water on these hot summer days. Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The chemical bisphenol A, used to stiffen some plastic food containers, poses no health risk to consumers of any age, including unborn children, at current levels of exposure, ...

When inhaled at moderate levels, plastic particles without dangerous additives appear to be able to disrupt sex hormones, according to a new study published by researchers at Rutgers University.

Once the e-mail came down from the corporate office, Fely Seabrooks and her employees immediately went to work on the baby bottle display. Within hours, shelves at the Babies"R"Us that were once full ...

Looking to reduce your exposure to plasticizers in the new year? Contrary to what you might think, shopping organic and avoiding plastic food packaging isn't a surefire way to avoid harmful chemicals ...

For the first time, scientists have described a biochemical mechanism linking attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with the common but problematic ...