plastics

Germany Bans Single-Use Plastic by 2021

August 11, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: August 12, 2020

Germany has seen a 64% decrease in plastic bag usage since 2015. Recently Germany agreed to ban the sale of single-use plastics, including plastic straws, cutlery, cotton buds, and food containers by July 2021. Many disposable plastic products are superfluous… [read]

Reusable Grocery Bags Are Being Banned as Plastics Industry Takes Advantage of COVID-19

May 10, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 11, 2020

States and cities are rolling back plastic bag bans at the grocery store and enacting bans on reusable grocery bags as the plastics industries ramps up lobbying during the COVID-19 pandemic. San Francisco, the first municipality to ban plastic bags,… [read]

BPA Linked to Insulin Resistance, Diabetes in Humans

September 25, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: September 26, 2018

A new study now links “safe” levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA) and the development of type-2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and other metabolic disorders. The Food and Drug Administration considers BPA safe at oral exposure levels of 50 micrograms per every kilogram… [read]

Study Links Restaurant Food To Higher Levels of Plastic-Based Chemicals In Blood

May 22, 2018 by Michael Edwards

Some reports indicate that Americans eat more and more of their meals at restaurants. Other reports say restaurant eating is on the decline. Most reports say that millennials are eating out more and that they don’t know how to cook.… [read]

Microplastics In Tap Water and Beer Around the Great Lakes, and Everywhere Else

May 14, 2018 by Michael Edwards

A new study sampled twelve different beers in the Great Lakes area and found all to be contaminated with microplastics. Researchers also surveyed tap water from the same region and found microplastics in eight of the nine samples as well.… [read]

Massive Beef Recall for Plastic Contamination, Including Kroger Stores

May 3, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 7, 2018

More than 35,000 pounds of ground beef sold by North Carolina food processor JBS USA has been recalled after a consumer found hard, blue pieces of plastic in a package. The ground beef is in a variety of packages and… [read]

Dead Sperm Whale Had 64 pounds of Plastic and Other Trash In Stomach & Intestines

April 19, 2018 by Michael Edwards

A 33-foot sperm whale carcass surfaced near a lighthouse in Cabo de Palos on Spain’s southeastern coast in February. Washington Post reported that a necropsy revealed the whale had “trash bags, polypropylene sacks, ropes, net segments and a drum, among… [read]