So how worried should you be about the plastic cradling your next meal? Is it safe? The answer depends on multiple factors, ...

With plastic unavoidable in most Brits' lives, Mirror environment editor Nada Farhoud looks into the impact they are having ...

Food containers and cookware are leaching more potentially hazardous chemicals into our bodies than previously thought, new ...

A new study details the chemicals finding their way into human bodies from contact with food. Shrink-wrap sealed around a ...

Chemicals used in food packaging and linked with health problems have been detected in the human body. The chemicals can move ...

Researchers have found more than 3,600 chemicals from food packaging in blood, urine, and breast milk. Scientists are ...

Takeout containers filled with restaurant leftovers ... “We don’t think about how the (mostly) plastic packaging adds chemicals to our food, but it’s an important source of human exposures ...

A new study finds more than 3,000 chemicals used in food packaging are getting into people's bodies. Some — including BPA, phthalates and PFAS — have clear health concerns; others are unstudied.

Plastic not only poses major challenges for permanent burial, but also for recycling for reuse. But The Plastic Project, ...