As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group, is calling for McDonalds’ to conduct assessments to examine the environmental impact the use of polystyrene in their cups and trays may have.

During a UN's environment ministers meeting in Nairobi, Kenya last month, Norway proposed a zero tolerance of plastic pollution and suggested an international treaty banning plastic waste from entering the sea.

The Ecology Center’s Healthy Stuff program found hormone-disrupting BPS and BPA chemicals in the receipts of major grocery stores, department stores, and small retailers (including Meijer, Kroger, and TJX stores, as well as gas stations, theaters, libraries, small and independent businesses).

Canada is taking steps to ban asbestos by proposing the prohibition of the use, sale, import and export of asbestos and products containing the hazardous material.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is requesting public comment regarding its draft guidance for the risk assessment of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications in the food and feed chain until March 4, 2018.