D o you remember where you were when you heard that black plastic utensils might contain toxic material? I was in my kitchen, making my weekly batch of soup with a black plastic u ...

By now, you've probably heard the bad news about the black plastic kitchen utensils so many of us (myself included) have in our homes. A recent study published in Chemosphere revealed that black ...

On top of that, black plastic—often used for kitchen utensils and takeout items—is a notoriously difficult color to sort for recycling, and most of it gets rejected. To meet the demand for ...

Despite the reduced risks, we continue to recommend environmentally friendly kitchen utensils. If you’ve read the recent news about the dangers of black plastic, then you might be rethinking ...

People were warned to ditch their black utensils after a study found the common kitchen item contained “toxic addictives” — but it may have been too hasty a declaration. The authors of the ...

Adam Rothbarth was the former Food & Kitchen Writer for VICE's shopping ... there have been some reports that black plastic utensils might not be so safe to use. This fish spatula is simple ...

These include kitchen utensils ... of humans being potentially exposed to a dose of toxic chemicals in black plastic utensils near the minimum level that the agency deems a health risk, it ...

Media reports that black plastic kitchen utensils contain dangerous levels of a flame retardant – decabromodiphenyl ether or decaBDE caused people across the U.S. to throw out their perfectly good ...

If you've been active on TikTok in recent months, you've probably seen a buzzy video or two surrounding the black plastic cooking utensils controversy. A recent study suggested that black-colored ...

A study published by the journal Chemosphere originally stated that a toxic chemical found in black plastic almost exceeded the safe exposure limit when in fact it was 10 times lower than the limit.