News Stories relating to "plastic"

Float it, don't toss it - Plastic can be a problem in many ways, including polluting the ocean. To solve the transportation problem AND the pollution problem, build a boat out of discarded plastic bottles.

Just such a boat--the "Plastiki"--made from over 12 thousand plastic bottles, completed a 4 month, 9,000 mile,...

There are war problems and there are plastic problems. We've explained why plastic baby bottles can be bad for baby boys. Now it turns out that when mothers drink out of plastic bottles when pregnant, it can affect the personalities of their girl babies, when they reach the "terrible twos."

BPA is commonly used in the production of...

Now that we've discovered what is causing all that prostate cancer, can we do something about the plastic in baby bottles and water bottles?

Canada has already removed BPA from all plastics that contain food or drink (or may be used to hold them). The US has finally acted as well: we have plans to remove this dangerous chemical from baby...

Most of us eat a little plastic every day, because certain types of plastics leach dangerous chemicals into the food they contain?especially when they're heated?and these are even made into baby bottles. But scientists are creating edible food wraps made out of fruits and vegetables, so it will soon be safe to not only eat the food, but also...