Plastics

No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating

More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe.

By Liza Gross

Can California Farmers Break Free From Plastic?

By Liza Gross

Empowering Guatemalan Villagers Plagued by Plastic

Story by Liza Gross, photos by Michael Kodas

Microplastics Found in Mexican Howler Monkeys Living in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

By Andrés Muedano

Why Plastics Have Overtaken the Planet

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

A Chemical Plant Mishandled Hazardous Waste for Years, Then Quietly Shuttered

By Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

Bali Is Still Choking on Plastic

By Alula Alderson

Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’

By Lauren Dalban

At Water Week 2026, Local Leaders See a Glimmer of Hope

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location

By James Bruggers

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

By James Bruggers

Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Starbucks Cup Is Still Trash

Joseph Winters, Grist

Dow Asks Texas to Legalize Plastic Pollution From Its Seadrift Complex

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex 

By Dylan Baddour

One-Third of Pacific Island Fish Contaminated With Microplastics

By Johnny Sturgeon

Burning Plastic Waste for Household Fuel Endangers Millions 

By Liza Gross