Consumer Reports states plastic chemicals being found in varying foods 02:02. A chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks is also found in an array of food products, particularly those popular ...

A large portion of the United States' milk and lettuce supply may be contaminated with potentially unsafe levels of a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel, according to data released by the Food and ...

Astronauts living at the International Space Station are about to take their first bites of space-grown lettuce, in what scientists described as another step toward enabling human missions to Mars.

Genetically modified lettuce is the latest development in the emerging field of designing food and drugs suitable for long-distance space travel, according to scientists. Here's the lowdown.

Update at 5:20 p.m. ET: Space Lettuce Tastes 'Awesome' Monday morning on the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren and astronaut Kimiya Yui of Japan sampled ...