Black plastic is often full of cancerous, hormone disrupting flame retardants, a first-of-its-kind study finds. A sushi tray, spatula and beaded necklace are among black plastic items that tested with ...

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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 ...

Earthjustice is suing the EPA over its weak regulation of decaBDE, a type of flame retardant that poses serious risks to the health of both people and wildlife. When a recent study found that ...

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, toys and ...

For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula. In a world of plastic consumer goods, avoiding the material entirely requires ...

You may want to rethink reusing those takeout containers. You may want to check your kitchen utensil drawer and reconsider using that black plastic spatula. Because according to a new study published ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black-colored plastics used in electronics are leaching flame retardants into kitchen utensils, toys and food containers, ...

Note: In December, the authors of the study originally published in the Oct. issue of the journal Chemosphere acknowledged they miscalculated their initial findings, overestimating the risk by a ...