Plastic is everywhere. We assume it is safe, but guess what? It is not, and more research is finding just how unhealthy it can be. Most of us already know that there is a problem with plastics in our ...

As a Washington resident, I see plastic pollution every time I go outside. I cannot remember a time in my life when my walks weren’t blighted by plastic. With increasing production, there is now even ...

I enjoy reading Mark Lewis’ columns, but have been bothered by the “guilty pleasure” he takes in his forlorn love of plastic grocery bags. Now that these bags are gone in the upper valley, he says he ...

Note from Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson: In a letter to the editor published Sept. 15, reader Michael Federer voiced his objections to Giant Eagle's plan to phase out single-use plastic bags and ...