If you come across a particular type of yellow plastic tubing on Cape Cod while you’re out on the beach this summer, the Army Corps of Engineers asks that you report it. The stringy plastic is called ...

Do you know who invented the first plastic toothpaste tube? According to this story in the Lowell Sun, it was Westford, Mass., plastics expert Roger Brandt, who died on Dec. 8 at age 88. Brandt worked ...

You've probably seen toys that look like they're designed to teach your child something valuable, only to find out they ...

Anthony J. Papa’s experience in his doctor’s office concerning plastic tubing being altered by 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) ought to be expected (C&EN, May 26, page 4). Plasticizers are a major ...

If you've ever pulled out your fridge to clean underneath it, you've probably found a world of crumbs and other bits of food and trash that fall down the space between your countertop and the fridge.

Bad news from the high seas: the Ocean Cleanup’s 600-meter-long floating tube, which was supposed to catch plastic whilst somehow surviving the relentless forces of the ocean, has done neither. In ...