We’ve updated the section “What’s up with black plastic?” to include guidance concerning coffee makers. It’s probably time to ditch your black plastic utensils. Research suggests that ...

Plastic is often not recycled. Additionally, black plastic is a notoriously difficult colour to sort for recycling and most of it gets rejected, the New York Times reported. However, to keep up ...

Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic ...

Now, a study published in Chemosphere, which was led by researchers at Toxic-Free Future and the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment at Vrije Universiteit, gives even more reason to ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. 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 ...

A 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.

Y ou may want to throw out your black plastic cooking utensils and swap your food out of that takeout container while you are ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Research has found that black plastic kitchen utensils and takeout containers can contain 'concerning' levels of toxic chemicals You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

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 ...

These recycled plastics may contain chemicals that can be dangerous to humans in high enough quantities, especially when exposed over a long period of time, and are capable of migrating from the ...