From dangerous dyes to heart-clogging "health" foods, the 80s diet was a minefield. Here are 5 common items we ate that are ...

Poly (vinyl chloride), PVC, is a rigid polymer and for several of its applications must be compounded with plasticizing agents. The plasticizers minimize the dipolar interactions, which exist between ...

Polylactic acid (PLA) is an attractive candidate for replacing petrochemical polymers because it is from renewable resources. In this study, a specific PLA 2002D was melt-mixed with two plasticizers: ...

A patented bio-based masterbatch containing lignin, a bio-oil, and a polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) carrier resin, can replace fossil-based plastics in ...

A reader wonders if ripped jeans will ever go out of style. Our fashion critic offers insight into the future of distressed denim. By Vanessa Friedman Ripped jeans, which initially seemed to be a fad, ...

The clarion call for a more sustainable plastics industry is something every company across the value chain must address. For its part, Korea’s LS Mtron has created its sandwich injection molding ...

Exposure to phthalates — chemicals found in many common American household products — could affect a person's ability to get pregnant, according to researchers at the University of Massachusetts, ...

The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of moisture content, closing speed, and pressurizing speed of hot press on the density, uniformity of density distribution, and properties of ...

A new study used a pioneering technique to deliver endocrine-disrupting aerosolized micro-nano-plastics to female lab rats. Amid rising evidence that additives designed to improve plastics also ...

Amid rising evidence that additives designed to improve plastics also disrupt sex hormones, a Rutgers laboratory trial shows that plastic itself can do likewise when inhaled at moderate levels.