Black plastics from electronic devices may be leaching toxic flame retardants into our food and homes, a new study has found.

Polybutylene should not be confused with the rigid white PVC or CPVC pipe or the black ABS pipe used to carry waste water. Polybutylene pipe sometimes is used to supply water from a street main to ...

Recent concerns about contaminants in black-colored plastics sparked consumer concerns, but there’s more than one reason to think twice about these items. Black plastic used in kitchen utensils ...

In a new study, we heated plastic water pipes commonly used in buildings and water systems to test how they would respond to nearby fires. The results, released Dec. 14, show how easily wildfires ...

Plastic pipes, which are increasingly being used in place of copper water pipes, can significantly affect the odor and taste of drinking water, according to a pioneering study on the subject.

Yet, because of its relatively low cost, PVC – polyvinyl chloride – has become a popular option for communities replacing old drinking water pipes and, in particular, the lead pipes and ...

The inner pipe for drinking water is made of a plastic called cross-linked polyethylene. Are these pipes harmful to health and do they affect the taste and odor of drinking water? Pipe-in-pipe ...

(CBS News) Few things are as crucial to everyday life as clean water, carried in PVC plastic pipe. Much of it is made by JM Eagle, the biggest pipe manufacturer of plastic PVC pipe on the planet.

there are potential hidden costs to using plastic pipes in drinking water systems that are raising serious questions and health concerns. One type of plastic, PVC, was first used in U.S. water ...

In other natural disasters like floods or earthquakes, city officials may recommend boiling water before using ... Diagram of a house and PVC pipe.

A coalition of environmental organizations warned in a report Wednesday of potential health risks in replacing lead pipes with polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC, a low-cost plastic, is commonly used ...

Scientists suspected that, among other possibilities, plastic drinking water pipes exposed to extreme heat released the chemicals (SN: 11/13/20). Now, lab experiments show that’s possible.