The Environmental Protection Agency said Dec. 18 that it's starting a human health review of styrene, ethylbenzene and several other plastics feedstocks as it also moves ahead with a detailed ...

Don't confuse CPVC pipe with the plastic polybutylene systems that were a problem more than a decade ago. Also bear in mind ...

An alternative material worth looking at is corrugated plastic (also known by its trade name coroplast) which is cheap, light, an excellent insulator, and easy to work with. Many enclosure designs ...

Great for small spaces. With its four-tonne press force, deep stroke and efficient retainers, the B4 cardboard and plastic crusher.... Great for handling bulky waste. The B30 is a flexible machine and ...

Scientists suspected that, among other possibilities, plastic drinking water pipes exposed ... tests — leached from 10 of the 11 types of pipe into the water, the team reports December 14 ...

The Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland plastic surgery residency program was created in 1989 with the merger of each institution’s plastic surgery residency program, both accredited by the ACGME, ...

In a world that’s literally awash in plastic waste, it seems a pity to have to buy fresh rolls of plastic filament to feed our 3D-printers, only to have them generate yet more plastic waste.

By adding extra chemicals to plastic, inventors could make it elastic and soft. These properties were perfect for hospital equipment and allowed glass bottles and rubber tubing (difficult to ...