Studies of bisphenol-S, the chemical compound sometimes used to replace bisphenol-A in "BPA-free" plastic products, found it is disruptive not only to the body's hormone system, but to brain ...

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

Avoid plastic cookware. Swapping plastic kitchen utensils for wooden and metal ones can be a good way to reduce exposure to microplastics, Couceiro said.

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Polypropylene is a plastic that’s used in many products, including food storage containers. You can recognize it as the number 5 surrounded by a triangle on the bottom. It’s generally ...

Some tea bags are better than others if you want to avoid ingesting plastic. The tea bags studied by the Barcelona scientists contained polypropylene, cellulose and nylon, but there are many tea ...

Avoid microwaving food or beverages in plastic containers, as heat can accelerate chemical leaching, suggests Dr Sudha Desai. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational ...

If the box says "PP" (meaning polypropene), "PET" (meaning polyethylene terephthalate) or "nylon," that means the tea bags contain plastic. Another way to avoid plastic from tea is to switch to ...

Poll Says Majority of Americans Are Willing to Pay More to Avoid Plastic Products. However, only about a quarter of U.S. adults said they would support a total ban on single-use plastic ...