We're surrounded by plastics and other synthetic chemicals. Are you aware of these less obvious sources?
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 ...
As plastics degrade into micro- and nanoscale fragments, they increasingly release chemical additives such as phthalates and OPEs—compounds linked to neurological, reproductive, developmental, and ...
While the visible toll of plastic waste on ecosystems is well known, the chemical additives embedded in plastics have remained a challenge for scientists to map. Areejit Samal, and his team at the ...