We all know those random plastic masks you can buy at the store are not feats of design. Also, they always smell kind of weird. The masks you get in those Halloween stores somehow completely disappear ...

Oct. 26—Like everything else, Halloween is celebrated differently today than it was in the 1960s and 70s. While some of that is good, other aspects aren't. I don't remember Halloween being observed in ...

It may be time to break out the face masks again. COVID-19 cases are on the rise nationwide due to a new omicron subvariant, EG.5, nicknamed “Eris.” Though Wisconsin isn't getting hit hard yet, ...

Since the COVID pandemic, disposable masks have become the omnipresent trash du jour, ever reminding us that disease transmission is only one of the problems currently threatening the global ...

What do birthday balloons, vape pens and discarded lottery tickets have in common? They were all found among the sand and seashells of New Jersey’s beaches, according to the 2021 Beach Sweeps Report ...

The author writes, “The surge in the use of disposable face masks during the Covid pandemic has left a chemical time bomb that could harm humans, animals and the environment, research suggests.

AOMORI, Japan >> When lunchtime came at Uramachi Elementary School in Aomori prefecture, students took hold of their oval-shaped plastic masks and — voila! — the masks fell forward, uncovering their ...

Time to come clean. It’s embarrassing how much I love Halloween. No, really. I’m a grown woman who gives way too much thought to a candy-coated kid-centric holiday like Halloween. However, this year, ...

"With increasing reports on inappropriate disposal of masks, it is urgent to recognize this potential environmental threat and prevent it from becoming the next plastic problem," researchers warn in a ...