Six products, that include children's toys, have been recalled over serious safety concerns of suffocation, choking or being ...

I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were ...

It begins with a catastrophic injury: a 22-year-old Hong Kong law student burned at a fraternity gathering in Massachusetts. The cause was 190-proof grain alcohol—a product whose warning label ...

A stainless-steel water bottle lid rocketed from its base with explosive force, permanently blinding two users in the eye.

Plastic is a useful and versatile material, but let’s face it: it’s a massive environmental problem. Virtually every piece of plastic ever created still exists in some form or another, whether it’s an ...

A major recall has been issued for nearly 1 million bottles of prosecco sold at Costco that pose a laceration hazard. On Nov. 6, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall ...

If you’ve ever walked past a parked car and noticed a plastic bottle wedged between the tyre and the car frame, you probably paused and asked yourself: “What exactly is this thing doing here?” For ...

In the 1980 song “Lookin’ for Love” by Johnny Lee, the singer harmonizes about looking for love in all the wrong places only to find a friend and lover. In the beverage market, manufacturers aren’t on ...

Globally, more than 57 million tons of plastic waste are produced every year. That’s enough to fill New York’s Central Park all the way to the top of the Empire State Building. Among the worst plastic ...

Single-use water bottles could soon charge your devices instead of polluting landfills. Researchers have developed new methods to upcycle poly(ethylene terephthalate ...