In the study published last year, researchers found high levels of flame retardants in slotted pasta spoons, sushi trays and children’s black plastic beads. Initially, researchers noted that ...

A plastic spoon's worth of plastic is inside your brain, researchers warned on Tuesday, showing alarming new evidence about microplastic accumulation in human brain tissue. Published in the ...

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed this week that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason.

No one will mistakenly try to drink their McFlurry through its hollow plastic spoon ever again. On Oct. 24, McDonald’s announced on its internal blog that it would officially be phasing out its ...