The scientists behind a popular study on the health effects of flame retardants in black plastic cooking utensils and toys ...

Research suggests black plastic, which can be made from recycled electronic waste, could contain toxic chemicals that might ...

If you were caught up in last month's panic over black kitchen cooking utensils, you now have a reason to breathe easier.

For this reason, many have been phased out or banned, including some found in the kitchen utensils in Liu’s analysis. How did these chemicals find their way into our kitchens? Recycling.

When cooking or serving with black plastic utensils, like spatulas, tongs and ladles, the toxic materials inside can seep ...

Francky Knapp is the commerce writer at Eater, and an award-winning writer with bylines in GQ, VICE, The Daily Beast, and ...

The study sparked a flurry of media reports a few weeks ago that urgently implored people to ditch their kitchen spatulas and spoons. Wirecutter even offered a buying guide for what to replace ...

The study, which was published in the journal Chemosphere, detailed how high levels of these flame retardants were found in kitchen utensils, food containers, trays used to hold meat and even toys.

They recently posted a correction to a study about toxic flame retardants in kitchen utensils made of black plastic. The study had warned that these utensils might pose a significant health risk ...