“The easiest thing to do for that device would be to turn the valves off that close it and drain it,” Baker said. Baker also said if you wrap your pipes with a blanket or towel to switch it out if it ...

On one of the cold days just before Christmas, Emmaus’ Mitch’s Place shelter was forced to quickly move 45 homeless people to the Haverhill Citizen Center after a sprinkler system malfunction.

These statistics have made me think a lot about how vulnerable residents living in Worcester’s older, pre-1997 multifamily apartment buildings were because mandatory sprinklers didn’t become a ...

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 ...

DecaBDE has been found in black plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers, grocery meat and produce trays, and children’s toys that have been recycled from electronic waste such as old ...

Both plastic and glass are fairly easy on the environment to produce, but are often very tricky, costly, and intense to recycle. When you factor in all of the water used to decontaminate plastic ...

that nothing that appeared in this 22-page document be considered as agreed. Everything will have to be negotiated from scratch at the next meeting, he warned. Behind these discussions is the question ...

Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Japan, prompting cleanup efforts to recover plastic litter from water bodies. However, research on recovery rates from different river basins remains limited.

That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...

A new study detected dangerous chemicals in a variety of household items. But experts say the health risks aren’t clear-cut. Credit...Tonje Thilesen for The New York Times Supported by By Emily ...