Plastic storage products can leach microplastics into foods when frozen or microwaved. Here's how to limit your exposure.

There have been reports about the potential danger of using black plastic utensils and plastic cutting boards, along with ...

While it’s generally OK to store food in plastic containers labeled with a 1, 2, 4, or 5, you should try to use glass. Plastic marked with a 3, 6, and 7 should be used minimally around food to ...

Evidence is accumulating that microplastics found nearly everywhere are also invading our bodies. What should you do?

It's a plastic world out there. About 460 million metric tons of the material are made each year, according to the United ...

An Iowa-based ice cream manufacturer has recalled nearly 18,000 containers of ice cream and frozen yogurt over concerns they could contain pieces of plastic ...

Study finds synthetic chemicals from packaging and processing equipment migrate into foods, especially ultra-processed ones.

India’s food delivery boom has come at an environmental cost — plastic containers that rarely get recycled. Now, Zomato is ...

Plastic food containers can be replaced with glass or metal ones. Public health experts warn against heating food in plastic. Susanne Brander, an ecotoxicologist at Oregon State University ...