There's A Scary Rumor About Black Plastic Cookware — Should You Throw Yours Out?
A recent study found high levels of flame retardants in everyday black plastic cooking utensils, food storage containers, and more.
Black plastic kitchen utensils may be poisoning you — should you throw them out?
A new study found that some of the items contain high levels of cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting flame retardants.
Do I Really Need to Throw Out My Black Plastic Spatula?
A new study detected dangerous chemicals in a variety of household items. But experts say the health risks aren’t clear-cut.
The dangers of black kitchen utensils and food containers
A study published in "Chemosphere" shows that black kitchen utensils and food containers have high levels of flame retardants.
A kitchen utensil you may need to throw out
Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling,
New research urges cooks to throw out their black, plastic utensils
While flame retardants may help stop our televisions from catching on fire, they are also known to interfere with the human body's hormone balance, impacting sexual function and fertility. They can also cause damage to the brain and nervous systems, and significantly increase the risk of cancer.
Should you cook with black plastic utensils?
That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons, spatulas and more.
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Hong Kong must watch out for dangers of black plastic
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