One of the most common ways people are exposed to plastics is in the kitchen: Black plastic spatulas and other utensils may ...

Around the world, some 16 billion plastic syringes and 15 billion face masks are thrown away each year.1,2 Unknown in the first half of the 20th century, the global production, circulation, and ...

Yet for all the ways plastic has revolutionized the medical industry over the past century, it’s now being scrutinized for what happens after it’s done its job. Plastic can easily end up in ...

Common bacteria can turn plastic waste into the over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen, researchers have discovered.

A Manitoba woman who was injured by a plastic surgeon more than a decade ago is worried after the doctor was suspended for ...

Kerala’s first skin bank is ready at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. The facility has secured approval ...

DeRoyal Industries Inc. is closing its LaFollette, Tenn. facility, permanently laying off 153 workers. The company filed a ...

Biodegradable materials offer a possible way to reduce the environmental impact associated with single-use medical devices ...

A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is apparently able to degrade plastic that is commonly used in medical ...

Researchers systematically mapped the evidence on micro-, meso-, and nanoplastics migrating from plastic food-contact ...

While enjoying her durian puree dessert from an eatery in Clementi Mall, a customer unknowingly swallowed a hard object — ...