That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the ...

We’ve updated the section “What’s up with black plastic?” to include guidance concerning coffee makers. It’s probably time to ditch your black plastic utensils. Research suggests that ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- Brunswick City School District officials have confirmed the validity of a bomb threat on a school bus on Monday (Nov. 11). “An incident … occurred today involving Route 20 ...

The finding could be particularly useful in combating plastic pollution in Africa, the researchers noted. The continent is the second-most plastic-polluted continent in the world, despite ...

Occasionally I practise golf in my back walled garden with old golf balls and plastic balls. I take them in at night-time. A few days ago, I forgot and left 54 golf balls and 20 plastic balls out.

“It’s necessary to consider the full life cycle of plastics, starting from the extraction of fossil fuel and the primary plastic polymer production,” explained lead author Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez, ...

The mysterious debris, initially thought to be tar balls, began appearing on beaches in Sydney last month Brook Mitchell/Getty The composition of the mysterious balls that washed up on the shores ...

When mysterious black balls started washing up on the beaches of Sydney in south-eastern Australia in October, they were initially thought to be tar balls. But a team of scientists at the ...

Weeks after sticky black balls washed up on the famed beaches of Sydney, scientists say they have partly solved the mystery behind the “disgusting” blobs. Initially thought to be tar balls ...

The mystery of the black balls that washed up on some of Sydney’s most iconic beaches last month has now been solved – and it’s more disgusting than you could ever imagine. Australian ...

Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is dealing with a right wrist sprain that still has him in a splint and not close to a return anytime soon. Justin Ford/Getty Images Share DALLAS — The 10-day window ...