Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Microwaving plastic containers can release millions of ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

Ocean currents carry debris from across the Atlantic and deposit it on the islands' beaches. Plastic nurdles are washing up on beaches more than 30 miles south of the Port of Tyne spill site. An ...