Exposure to a trio of chemicals found in many everyday household and industrial items may have contributed to millions of cases of heart disease, stroke, and deaths over the years according to ...

Virgin and rPET bottles in Michigan and California leached additives and hazardous chemicals, per a study funded by the ...

A new study has found that chemical additives in everyday plastic might be stopping – or, at best, interrupting – the reproductive habits of a shrimp-like species that is key to the marine food chain.

Researchers in Missouri are deploying an additive derived from plastic straws, bags and bottles into a test road in hopes of increasing asphalt pavement life and environmental benefits. The University ...

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 ...

A new study examined the effect of plastic additives on the reproductive process and larvae development of corals and other organisms commonly found in the coral reef of Eilat. A new study by Tel Aviv ...

Manufacturers that use plastics in their production processes have heard loud and clear that sustainability is increasingly important in every link of the plastics supply chain, all the way down to ...

Some plastic bags have been known to contain potential cancer risks based on the materials used to make the bags. Here are several plastic bags with possible cancer risks.

Specialty chemicals firm Vertellus sees a lot of opportunity in the plastics market, company officials said at the K 2019 trade show. The Indianapolis-based firm currently generates about 20 percent ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top seven leading vendors in their recent global plastic additives market report. This research report also lists 12 other prominent vendors that ...

PVC additives maker Rheogistics LLC has been sold to wax supplier International Group Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Rheogistics of Picayune, Miss., makes lubricant systems for rigid PVC. The firm's ...

A new study by Tel Aviv University and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat examined the effect of plastic additives on the reproductive process and larvae development of corals ...