Plastic is woven into our lives and its chemical pollution is in the air we breathe, the dust we inhale, the food we eat. We did an experiment to see what we’re exposed to every day.

From nonstick pans to food packaging to make-up, hundreds of everyday products are made with PFAS chemicals that have been linked to adverse health effects, including cancer, weakened immunity and low ...

As we navigate a world increasingly made of plastic, how many chemicals are we really being exposed to? Across three continents, CNN reporters Bill Weir, Laura Paddison and Jessie Yeung used ...

PFAS, sometimes called “forever chemicals”, are a group of thousands of chemicals that are used for their non-stick and water-resistant properties. They are used in everyday items like non-stick ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Ildar Abulkhanov—Getty Images, Peter Dazeley—Getty Images, ...

Duke researchers hope to learn which ones are more toxic, and for whom – using tiny worms. DURHAM, N.C. – In miniature test tubes in biologist Ryan Baugh’s lab at Duke, thousands of tiny wriggling ...

Public health and environmental advocates are struggling to outrun "forever chemicals," otherwise known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). "I call it the toxic treadmill because that's ...

According to the USDA, biobased products are “derived from plants and other renewable agricultural, marine and forestry materials. Biobased products generally provide an alternative to conventional ...

ROME — For all of his 75 years, Alvin Jackson has called this city in the Appalachian foothills of northwest Georgia his home. Like many in the town of about 40,000 residents, Jackson has quenched his ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...