A new investigation suggests that black plastic utensils, like spatulas, may leach harmful flame retardants into food during ...

Some items would have the same chemical profile of what you’d expect from, say, the flame-retardant plastic housing of a ...

Exposure to organophosphate esters (OPEs)—chemicals found in everyday products that use plastics and flame retardants—during ...

There's also that black plastic sushi tray. According to the findings, it contained 11,900 parts per million of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether, or decaBDE, which is strongly ...

A recent study published in Chemosphere revealed that black plastic cooking utensils are made with a potentially toxic ...

Since the 1970s, flame-retardant chemicals have been added to plastics used in electronic devices. Their purpose is to prevent electrical fires or slow their growth. But because many of these ...

A new study revealed the implications when recycled plastic from electronics is used in household items. Published in Chemosphere, researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils ...

Study reveals a complex link between pregnancy exposure to common chemicals and childhood obesity, researchers say.