Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture household plastics may be connected to more than 356,000 cardiovascular-related deaths in 2018 alone, a new analysis has found. These

Phthalates, which are found in cosmetics, food packaging and other common household plastics, are linked to early death from heart disease, a new study said.

A chemical that's used to make plastic more pliable has been linked to thousands of heart disease fatalities — more than 350,000 in one year alone The findings come from a new study published in Lancet eBio Medicine,