DECATUR — Calls to 911 about shots fired on a Decatur street led to responding police officers finding 14 spent bullet ...

A gun thug who shot dead a teenager was seen on camera running home in socks and sliders before he sent a text to his dad ...

Researchers detected flame retardants in household items made from recycled black plastic. The study later received a correction — but regardless of this paper, the chemicals' health effects ...

In a distressing turn of events, marine biologists have observed an increasing number of hermit crabs discarding their natural shells in favor of plastic debris. This bizarre phenomenon, emerging from ...

Let’s be real—black plastic kitchen utensils look sleek and serve their purpose. But what if we told you that they might be secretly leaching toxic chemicals into your food? Yup, that’s right. It ...

The study theorizes the materials end up in new, black-colored plastic materials after electronic devices are recycled. “They’re associated with cancer, endocrine disruption, neurological ...

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ.

An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...

"It's possible to have plastic this way, but it isn't easy," Zee said. Composting shouldn't be thought of as the silver bullet solution to managing plastic waste as a whole but rather separating ...