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Reporting on plastic, microplastics and the companies behind them. Every article lists its sources at the end, so you can check our work.
Bottled water: you're paying extra for the plastic
Every lab that looks finds plastic in bottled water, and the bottle and cap are part of the source. What the newest studies show, how solid the numbers are, and what helps.
How the packaging industry convinced you plastic pollution is your fault
In 1953, can and bottle makers founded Keep America Beautiful to make waste a personal failing, not an industrial one. Coca-Cola signed on, and still funds it.
Microplastics are inside you right now. Here's what that actually means.
Plastic particles have been found in human blood, brains, testes, placentas, breast milk and lungs. What the studies show, what they don't, and what to do about it.
Plastic-free kitchen swaps, ranked by exposure
Heat, scraping and time are what make kitchen plastic shed into food. Here are the swaps that matter most, in order, and the materials to replace them with.