They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

Piles of plastic toys take up space in many family homes in the UK. If you're a parent, then you'll know how tricky it can be to avoid buying them, whether it's diggers, dolls houses or building ...

Inside the biggest change in barbie’s 57-year history–and what it says about American beauty ideals Part 1 Barbie’s dress won’t fit. I’m sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel’s ...

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A new collection of Barbie dolls is made out of plastic that was bound for the ocean. On Thursday, the toy company Mattel launched "Barbie Loves the Ocean," its first collection of Barbies with ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

Plastic is incredibly useful and practical – and everywhere. Our modern life depends on it. Strong, light and adaptable, it’s in everything from household goods, medical equipment and bank notes, to ...

The wife leaned close to the bundled figure to announce a visitor, the last disciple the master had accepted into his kung fu family 15 years before. "It's Hu Zhengsheng," she said. Wearing a Nike ...

are handed the unique opportunity of treating a cruise ship full of recovering plastic surgery patients, including a human Ken doll, a woman who ices her breast implants scars to the point of ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed our lives, but what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. Plastic waste can last for hundreds of ...