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A study warning about toxic chemicals in black kitchenware was based on a major math mistake, potentially downplaying the health risks. The original study suggested that black plastic kitchenware ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, a study had people tossing their black spatulas and other black kitchenware in fear of toxic chemicals—but it turns out the alarming warning was based on a major math mistake.

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

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Two significant errors on Peace dollars were offered in sequence at Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Nov. 21 Showcase Auction. A 1921 Peace dollar struck in the first-year type’s distinctive high ...