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A LEGO building blocks set — complete with bricks, cars and bridges — is the highlight of my toddler’s toy cupboard. It has been in my family for over three decades, surviving rough play among cousins, flooded homes, and years locked away in an attic. Its continued usability is no accident: LEGO is made from tough,…
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A 2024 Norway-funded study identified 16,000 chemicals present or used in plastics. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In 1957, an Indian plastic-packaging maker chronicled the happy fate of a hosiery brand that had begun wrapping its products in plastic. The result, he wrote in an Indian daily, was a 65% jump in sales. Paper, wood,…
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