Eating canned soup for five days raised the BPA in people’s urine more than tenfold
Food and drink cans have a thin plastic lining. In a 2011 Harvard trial, people who ate one can of soup a day had…
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Hot oil pulled flame retardants out of black plastic utensils
University of Birmingham researchers found that, on average, a fifth of the flame retardants in contaminated black plastic utensils moved into hot cooking oil.…
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Black plastic kitchenware and food trays can contain flame retardants from recycled electronics
A 2024 study found banned flame retardants from old electronics in black plastic utensils, food trays and toys. Its health risk estimate was later…
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Reusable anaesthetic equipment cut costs 46% in a Melbourne study, but emissions rose
A peer-reviewed study from Western Health in Melbourne found reusable anaesthetic equipment would cost A$32,033 a year less than single-use for a six-theatre hospital,…
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Reusable surgical gowns: less waste at about the same cost
A peer-reviewed study at a US hospital system found switching to reusable surgical gowns would cut 30,570 pounds of waste a year while saving…
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estimated yearly social cost of plastic to the United States
The most complete tally so far of the documented costs of plastic to US society, across its whole life cycle from fossil fuel extraction…
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Microplastics could turn farm manure into a hub for antibiotic resistance
Farms spread livestock manure on fields because it feeds the soil. Along with the nutrients come leftover antibiotics, the bacteria that survived them, and…
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Evidence, implications and mitigation of plastic-derived contaminants in infant food: a systematic review
Nature (environmental sciences), 21 Sep 2026 · Peer-reviewed journal Headline and description from the publisher's own feed. Read the original at the source link.
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UK falling behind on tackling microplastics as Members of Parliament (MPs) warn pollution could threaten food security
The UK is falling behind other countries in tackling microplastic pollution despite growing evidence of widespread contamination of the environment, food chain, and human…
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Large US cohort links prenatal exposure to phthalates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with adverse birth outcomes
Epidemiological study with 5318 US mother-child pairs assesses 113 chemicals from 10 classes in urinary samples during pregnancy; finds that gestational exposure to multiple…