Plastic washing at recycling plants can spike phthalates in wastewater, study suggests

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Mar 25, 2026, 3:40 pm126 ptsTrending
Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're processed into new products, according to a new study by an Iowa State University research group. Researchers from Iowa State's Polymer and Food Protection Consortium tested common industrial…

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