Articles by Staff Writer Joseph Winters
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Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018
The resulting costs to society could be as high as $8 billion.
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Plastic bag bans have already prevented billions of bags from being used, report finds
“The bottom line is that plastic bag bans work.”
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Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought
New research shows that every liter of bottled water contains 240,000 microscopic pieces of plastic.
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A plastic chemical caused a toxic mess in Ohio last year. Now, the EPA is eyeing regulation.
Environmental advocates say a phaseout of vinyl chloride is long overdue.