Accompanying the timepiece is a smooth, black rubber strap that completes its tonal color scheme. Maxime Plescia-Buchi describes the collaboration as an architectural project, with the Spirit of ...

Here’s how it works. I am a knight made of lightning and black steel. Perched on the parapet of a vast gothic tower, I spy a dozen shambling undead in the valley below. I leap into the air above ...

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 ...

The study examined 203 black plastic household products, including 109 kitchen utensils, 36 toys, 30 hair accessories, and 28 food serviceware products. Of those 203 products, only 20 (10 percent ...

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 ...

As a consequence, the researchers sought to estimate how much of these chemicals are leaking out of black plastic kitchenware and contaminating people while cooking. The team concluded that using ...

The study, published last month in the journal Chemosphere, tested 203 household products made of black plastic. The researchers found 85% of them contained high concentrations of flame retardant.

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The paper, titled "From e-waste to living space: Flame retardants contaminating household items add to concern about plastic recycling," claimed that kitchen utensils made of black plastic leached ...

The authors of a study that found black plastic utensils contain dangerous levels of flame retardants have revealed their calculations were off. The study was conducted by Toxic Free Future.