Tag: plastic packaging
Study finds black-colored plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers may contain cancerous...
Researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils contain harmful flame retardants through current recycling processes.
‘Breakthrough results’: New study detects microplastic pollution in human blood for...
While more studies need to be done to examine the direct effects of microplastics on the human body, researchers from the study warn microplastics can cause damage to human cells.
U.S. Plastics Pact vows to make all plastic packaging recyclable by...
“The results from the U.S. Plastics Pact’s efforts to advance packaging, improve recycling, and reduce plastic waste will benefit the entire system and all materials.”
Toy company Hasbro to ditch plastic packaging
The Rhode-Island based toy manufacturer, Hasbro has just announced it will begin the process of eliminating plastic packaging from their products in...
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Trumping the future
Okay, I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can’t take the bad news. It’s too much. It’s so extra, as the kids like to...
Legal battle looms as Louisiana mandates Ten Commandments in classrooms
Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law, mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in "large, easily readable font" in public classrooms by the start of 2025.
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until we know the person who picked him is cleared...
Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until Trump comes clean.