Across the country, states and cities are replacing lead pipes to address concerns over lead-contaminated drinking water, an urgent health threat. But environmental advocates are concerned that a ...

For decades, plastic was a technological marvel. Ridiculously cheap and easy to manufacture, while being both flexible and durable, this material is used for almost every conceivable project—from food ...

Plastic pollution is now pervasive in our environment, contaminating everywhere from our homes and workplaces to the planet's deepest recesses. The problem regularly makes headlines, with the ...

Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives - including seaweed - remain held back by tariffs, ...

PVC. The most commonly used material in the manufacture of flexible medical devices, PVC has come under fire owing to concerns about the use of phthalates as plasticizers and environmental problems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. smiling woman packing vegetables in plastic food containers - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock The overconsumption of plastics has been a ...

Suppliers are chipping away at the dominance of the venerable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) electrical cable with rollouts of new environmentally safe, recyclable alternatives. Targeted at applications ...

Though streaming accounts for most of our music consumption, sales of vinyl records have been on the rise for a few years now. But the plastic used to create them is bad news for the enviro-conscious ...