Plastic bottled water is popular despite health risks and environmental costs but decentralised technologies could cut plastic waste while improving water safety.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Scientists have discovered that recycled plastic contains a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that can seep into water. These substances are affecting the genes linked to fat ...

Researchers developed a plant based plastic that stays strong during use but dissolves safely in seawater, leaving no ...

Less than half of what the world pays for bottled water every year is enough to ensure clean tap water access for millions. By Carla Delgado Published Mar 24, 2023 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

The health professional appeared on ‘The Wild Project’, where she spoke about the dangers of drinking water from plastic ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in ...

In case you needed another reason to ditch bottled water, Earth.com just revealed one: It raises your blood pressure. According to Earth.com, a team from the Department of Medicine at Danube Private ...

Is it true that you should not drink from plastic water bottles left in a hot car? Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters — are in our food, water, clothing, personal care ...

Microplastics are turning up in oceans, soil, drinking water, and human tissue. Learn where they come from, why they matter, ...

I know, know: you’re reading my headline with horror and shock, clutching your vacuum-insulated water bottle, shuddering with rage that one would even dare suggest that plastic water bottles could be ...