A new book by the journalist Beth Gardiner argues that oil companies are upping production of the material as a safeguard against falling revenue. By Zoë Schlanger Zoë Schlanger is an environmental ...

Ventura Foods, which sells peanut butter products under various brand names, is recalling single-serving peanut butter packets and small PB&J cups because they could contain pieces of plastic. The ...

Nearly two years after litigation began, a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over plastic nurdles spilling from trains along San Diego County’s coastal railways. San Diego Coastkeeper announced ...

There are 21 affected batches of the product, which is meant for infants over 10 months old Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with ...

Gerber is recalling some of its arrowroot biscuits over potential contamination of soft plastic and paper pieces, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The recall affects several ...

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when we stopped—for the most part—treating beauty treatments like plastic surgery like a scarlet letter and adopted a more accepting stance. What was once seen as such a ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...

Microplastics are exactly what they sound like: tiny pieces of plastic that persist in the environment. Many are smaller than a sesame seed; some are far smaller than the width of a human hair. What ...