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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 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 ...

Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting that toxic flame retardants from electronics wind up in some household ...

(NEXSTAR) – If you were caught up in last month’s panic over black kitchen cooking utensils, you now have a reason to breathe easier. The concern over the common kitchen tools appears to have ...

I have been enjoying the 11-inch Spoonula, but it’s in such constant rotation in my kitchen that I also want to bring home the 8-inch mini version.

What’s the problem with black plastic? A recent peer-reviewed analysis of black plastic household products, including food trays and kitchen utensils, found that 17 out of 20 items tested (or 85 ...

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 16 — A halal food supplier and his chef colleagues have joined forces to launch Kota Kinabalu’s first soup kitchen, aiming to provide 200 free meals a day. Named Dapur Kita-Kita, or ...

The authors suspected that black plastic from electronics was being recycled into other items, like kitchen utensils. And they found that that is indeed the case. As Canada’s National Post ...

DecaBDE has been found in black plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers, grocery meat and produce trays, and children’s toys that have been recycled from electronic waste such as old ...