Fifty years after the conflict in Vietnam, the Australian soldiers who fought still bear the scars – as do their children and ...

You can pour in boiling water and while it may end up melting a bunch of the ice behind the metal, none of that water will ...

Tracey Woodruff studies how microplastics and plastic chemicals affect human health. She's cutting plastic out of her home in ...

Phthalates are chemicals that make plastics more flexible and are also used in personal care products like lotions, shampoos, ...

Phthalates, which are found in cosmetics, food packaging and other common household plastics, are linked to early death from ...

Researchers estimate that exposure to phthalates contributes to 13 percent of all heart disease deaths in people between 55 ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced measures targeting water-contaminating PFAS chemicals. But experts say they ...

Tracey Woodruff is an expert on microplastics, plastic-related chemicals, and their health impacts. She told Business Insider how she's been reducing microplastics exposure for her kids.

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, calls for global action on pollution, climate, and biodiversity through the Basel, ...

A plastic chemical used in containers and packaging caused over 356,000 heart deaths in 2018. Asia faced the worst impact.

A chemical used in food containers and shower curtains has been linked to thousands of global deaths from heart disease ...

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