It turns out that laundry pods’ film wrapping—the part that dissolves in the wash—is made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a plastic that isn’t biodegradable. Why are laundry pods bad for the ...

“Like other forms of plastic pollution, PVA has the potential to cause harm to the environment, plants and animals.” Nearly all leading brands, conventional and natural, use PVA in their laund ...

Microplastics, or small plastic particles less than five millimeters in length, are increasingly threatening human health and ecosystems around the world. Microplastics have been found in air, water, ...