Children's toys also scored high: a single pirate-themed plastic child necklace had almost 3 percent flame retardant by ...

If you’re taking stock of your kitchen tools, a cursory scan around the room will probably reveal a common trend: black plastic. “Black plastic is in virtually every kitchen in America ...

Should you throw out your black plastic spatula? A recent study that reported alarming levels of several flame retardants in common black-colored plastic items (including cooking utensils ...

Let’s be real—black plastic kitchen utensils look sleek and serve their purpose. But what if we told you that they might be secretly leaching toxic chemicals into your food? Yup, that’s right. It ...

An October study said recycled black plastic found in kitchen utensils and ... 2024.3127 Environmental Protection Agency. IRIS: 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209).

Black plastic used in kitchen utensils can contain trace chemicals from electronic waste, and single use containers can be especially difficult to recycle. Plastic is being increasingly ...

An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...

A recent study that recommended toxic chemicals in black plastic products be immediately thrown away included a math error that significantly overstated the risks of ...

"[A] minority of black plastic products are contaminated at levels >50 ppm [bromine]," the study states. But that's just bromine compounds. Overall, only 14 of the 203 products contained BDE-209 ...