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Certain plastics don’t like heat or long-term use.

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Oncologists say that storing food in plastic containers can expose you to leached chemicals and microplastics that can ...

BPA is a chemical used in plastic packaging, but some shoppers are wary of its health implications. Here's how to tell ...

The chemical BPA isn't living up to its nasty reputation. A two-year government study of rats found that even high doses of the plastic additive produced only "minimal effects," and that these effects ...

BPA-free plastic was supposedly created to help protect the health of consumers, but new research revealed that it may not be safer than normal plastic products after all. There have been previous ...

Five years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find a plastic water bottle that didn’t contain the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA). Now it’s next to impossible to find anything but BPA-free ...

Your “BPA-free” plastic product may be no safer than the product it replaced, says a new UCLA study that analyzed the impact of a common BPA alternative on zebra fish embryos. The study joins a small ...

Chances are at least one (or five) people in your social circle have expressed concerns about eating from plastic containers and using plastic cutlery. But are these plastic products really as toxic ...