"Burning plastic releases harmful chemicals such as dioxins, furans and heavy metals into the air, which can have a range of health and welfare impacts such as lung diseases," Dr. Bharadwaj said.

Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating and cooking in developing nations, warning of health risks. In a new study, researchers from Curtin ...

He is originally from Nepal and told Mongabay by phone that low-income people in Nepal commonly burn plastic in winter to keep warm and for cooking fuel. Plastic waste as fuel has become so common ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is ...

UNC-Chapel Hill has withdrawn its application to burn pellets made of paper and plastic scraps instead of coal in its power ...

Burns may also become infected easily. Pain from a burn may get worse in the first few weeks as the burn heals. The color, texture, and feel of your skin will change as new skin and scar tissue form.

During the spring burning season, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality is reminding North Carolinians: If it doesn’t grow, don’t burn it. Open burning is ...

SYDNEY, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating and cooking in developing nations, warning of health risks. In a new study ...

“Burning plastic releases harmful chemicals such as dioxins, furans and heavy metals into the air, which can have a range of health and welfare impacts such as lung diseases,” Dr Bharadwaj said.