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Dragon Quest King Slime eye drops fly off shelves in less than a day
SoraNews24

It’s a critical hit! The hit role-playing video game franchise Dragon Quest is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and one way they’re marking the occasion is by teaming up with Rohto Pharmaceutical. These two brands have teamed up in the past to rele… more…

Study: Bile Acts as Reservoir for Microplastics in Humans
Naturalnews.com

Microplastics have been detected in every human bile sample tested, indicating that the body actively stores these particles in a key digestive fluid, according to a study reported by ActivistPost [1]. The findings published in the journal Environmental Scien… more…

Kimchi probiotic shows promise in clearing nanoplastics from gut, early research finds
Naturalnews.com

A specific lactic acid bacteria strain from kimchi bound to 57% of nanoplastics in a lab gut model and doubled fecal excretion in mice through “Velcro-like” adhesion. The study remains preliminary, untested in humans; it’s unknown if regular kimchi contains e… more…

PFAS were added to pizza boxes for decades because of a carbon-fluorine bond nothing in nature can break and Maine just became the first US state to enforce a ban on putting them there
Space Daily

On 25 May, a rule adopted by Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection in April 2024 came into force. Under it, manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors may not offer for sale in Maine any food packaging intended for direct food contact — bags, sleeves, bow… more…

A single plastic water bottle takes about 450 years to decompose — meaning every bottle produced since the 1970s is still essentially intact somewhere on Earth, slowly breaking down into particles now found in Arctic ice, Pyrenees rainfall, and the sediments of the Mariana Trench
Space Daily

The plastic water bottle is one of the more recent inventions in the history of human packaging. The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle, the standard clear plastic container that holds bottled water, soft drinks, and a wide range of other liquids, was fi… more…

The average human brain now contains roughly a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastic particles — about 50 percent more than brains collected in 2016 — according to a February 2025 study in Nature Medicine, meaning the blood-brain barrier, which evolution spent half a billion years building to keep foreign substances out, has quietly turned out to be transparent to a material humans first manufactured in 1907
Space Daily

Hold a single-use plastic spoon in your hand — the kind that comes with takeout food and gets thrown away after one meal. It weighs about seven grams. According to a peer-reviewed paper published in Nature Medicine on 3 February 2025, that approximate mass of… more…

Berlin Packaging acquires O.Berk Company
Packaging-gateway.com

O.Berk supplies packaging products to beauty, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, household and other markets. more…

Is Ball Corporation Stock Underperforming the Dow?
Barchart.com

Ball Corporation has underperformed the Dow recently, yet analysts remain highly optimistic about the stock’s prospects. more…

What Are the Best Furniture Transportation Options? Consider These 6 Companies
Ahouseinthehills.com

Whether you’re coordinating a residential relocation, shipping a designer furniture collection or helping clients move valuable pieces between properties, choosing the right furniture transportation provider can make a significant difference. Not all companie… more…

Inhaled Microplastics Impair Lung Immunity and Spread to Organs
Mercola.com

You breathe in thousands of particles each day, including dust, pollen, and fumes, but one of the most dangerous is something you can’t see, taste, or feel: microplastics. These microscopic fragments, shed from synthetic clothing, packaging, and polluted air,… more…

This Empty Tomato Can Didn’t Go Into the Recycling Bin
Homedit.com

Most people see an empty tomato can and think about recycling. Looking at the finished project, it’s difficult to guess that the entire bottle rack started with the same container. Several matching cans were cleaned, opened, and stacked into a compact storage… more…

Study Reveals Bile as Reservoir for Microplastics in Humans
Activistpost.com

Story at-a-glance Microplastics are no longer just polluting oceans and rivers; they’re accumulating inside your body. A 2026 study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology found plastic particles inside human bile, revealing that your body’s own … more…

Packaging Shortages Raise Fears for Peaches and Tofu
Newsonjapan.com

A shortage of naphtha-derived products is beginning to affect some of the best-known local products in Shizuoka Prefecture, threatening everything from peaches to tofu as producers struggle with rising costs and uncertain supplies. (News On Japan) more…

Berlin Packaging expands its presence in EMEA with the acquisition of BlueSky in the United Kingdom
PRNewswire

The acquisition strengthens the company's position in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, beauty, personal care, home care, and beverage segments. MILAN, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Berlin Packaging, the world's largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier®, specializi… more…

Circular Services Opens Florida's First Permitted Food & Beverage De-Packaging Facility
PRNewswire

The new system in Vero Beach, FL enables food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to recycle and compost damaged packaged food and beverage containers VERO BEACH, Fla., June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Circular Services, the largest privately held recycli… more…

Viral kitchen hack reveals simple trick for fixing clumped-up spices
News.com.au

The clever trick has sparked a range of responses online under videos of people trying it out. more…

From Bakelite to Biohazard — The Century-Long Rise of Microplastics
Mercola.com

Plastics have been around since the last century and have quickly become a part of our life in countless ways. From the cellphone you hold all the way to the interior of your car, you'll find some form of plastic. While plastic is touted as durable and cheap … more…

PureCycle Advances Food-Contact PCR Solutions to Support New Jersey’s 2027 Recycled Content Requirement
GlobeNewswire

Food-contact rigid containers incorporating at least 20 percent PureFive® resin have been produced by Amcor.... more…

President Container Group Boosts Luxury Apparel Packaging Through RHE Acquisition
GlobeNewswire

PCG completes RHE Container acquisition, adding patented hanger packs and wardrobe boxes to serve fashion brands with sustainable, high-end packaging.... more…

HPSA and Circular Materials Launch Joint Consumer Education Initiative to Improve Recycling Across Ontario and New Brunswick
GlobeNewswire

Two leading recycling organizations work together to boost awareness of what should and should not be recycled to enhance safety Two leading recycling organizations work together to boost awareness of what should and should not be recycled to enhance safety more…

4 Kitchen Tools That May Be Adding Microplastics to Every Meal You Cook
CNET

Microplastics are showing up everywhere, including in the kitchen tools most people never think twice about. more…

compressed soil becomes biodegradable ‘terra seeds’ planting kit for urban gardens
Designboom

instead of separating packaging from use, designer tom fosbery folds storage, handling, and growth into one dissolving object. The post compressed soil becomes biodegradable ‘terra seeds’ planting kit for urban gardens appeared first on designboom | architect… more…

Folding IBC Market to Reach USD 5.2 Billion by 2035 as Returnable Packaging Solutions and Logistics Optimization Drive Global Demand
PRNewswire

NEWARK, Del., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The global folding IBC market is witnessing remarkable growth as industries increasingly adopt returnable bulk packaging solutions to improve logistics efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and support sustainabi… more…

Presentation: Practical Performance Tuning for Serverless Java on AWS
InfoQ.com

AWS Hero Vadym Kazulkin explains how to overcome Java’s enterprise hurdle on AWS Lambda: cold starts and memory footprints. He shares a technical deep dive into performance tuning, comparing fully managed AWS SnapStart (with pre-snapshot priming hooks) agains… more…

Psychology says adults who hold onto empty jars and containers are often seeking more than storage: Why ‘just in case’ thinking makes it hard to throw things away
The Times of India

Psychology suggests that nail biting is rarely a sign of immaturity, poor discipline or weak self-control. More often, it is the brain's way of seeking relief during moments of stress or internal unease. The key insight is that most adults who bite their nail… more…

Detailed guidance on who needs a gangmaster’s licence
Www.gov.uk

A detailed explanation for labour providers and labour users on when a Fair Work Agency gangmaster's licence is needed. more…

Presentation: Practical Performance Tuning for Serverless Java on AWS
InfoQ.com

AWS Hero Vadym Kazulkin explains how to overcome Java’s enterprise hurdle on AWS Lambda: cold starts and memory footprints. He shares a technical deep dive into performance tuning, comparing fully managed AWS SnapStart (with pre-snapshot priming hooks) agains… more…

auspexai-worker added to PyPI
Pypi.org

Volunteer worker daemon for the AuspexAI distributed compute network more…

proximo-proxmox added to PyPI
Pypi.org

The ethical Proxmox MCP — REST API management + scoped in-container exec, behind clean native tools, least-privilege and audited. more…

shardloom added to PyPI
Pypi.org

Pre-release Python client for ShardLoom, a Vortex-first no-fallback evidence-certified local compute engine more…

More than 500,000 mac and cheese packages sold at Aldi recalled in the US over undeclared allergens
The-independent.com

The FDA upgraded the recall to a Class II, which means that eating the product can pose a serious health risk more…

More than 500,000 mac and cheese packages sold at Aldi recalled in the US over undeclared allergens
The-independent.com

The FDA upgraded the recall to a Class II, which means that eating the product can pose a serious health risk more…

Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead
The-independent.com

In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfills more…

Show HN: Pebble, an open-source alternative to Minecraft: Java Edition
Github.com

The open-source alternative to Minecraft: Java Edition, a complete block-survival game in ~45,000 lines of Swift + Metal. Zero dependencies, fully deterministic, singleplayer for now. Not affiliate... more…

Is Vitamin C Still the Best Antioxidant for Your Skin?
Women's Health

Vitamin C has long reigned as the top antioxidant in skincare—but is it still worth it? Dermatologists and cosmetic chemists weigh in on the science. more…

He profits off raw milk that’s making people sick. The government isn’t stopping him. | CNN
CNN

Unpasteurized milk has moved from a fringe obsession to a widespread movement rooted in institutional distrust. Despite stringent hygiene efforts, contamination from deadly bacteria like E. coli and salmonella remains an inherent risk. more…