Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Food packaging from five countries has complex, unique chemical fingerprints, and some items contain thousands of different chemicals, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, DOI: ...

Plastic containers are great for storing food, but they don’t last forever. Experts warn that scratches, stains, and damage can trap bacteria and release microplastics. If a container is smelly, ...

The greatest sin in most American households is our addiction to plastic water bottles. So says Anne-Marie Bonneau, who writes the food blog “Zero-Waste Chef” and is the author of “The Zero-Waste Chef ...

A new study found chemicals can leach from plastic takeout containers into food, impacting the gut biome—and then the heart Getty Eating from plastic takeout containers can increase your risk of ...

I used plastic food containers for most of my life — they’re affordable and accessible at most of the grocery stores I frequent. But, in recent years I’ve learned more about the potential dangers ...

Hello Readers. I like to re-use and re-cycle whenever I can. It's good for the environment and saves me money. I like both of ...

Despite being a work of fiction, Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel “The Jungle” evoked a real-world complex of meat factories in which vermin ran rampant, foul odors could make you gag and workers falling ...