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Flame Retardants in Black Plastic Spatulas Concerns Scientists
The scientists behind a popular study on the health effects of flame retardants in black plastic cooking utensils and toys ...
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7 dangerous secrets about black plastic that experts are finally revealing
Discover the shocking truth about toxic chemicals lurking in your black plastic kitchen items and toys, plus expert tips on ...
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Major Error Found in Viral Black Plastic Study—Should You Still Ditch Your Spatula, Takeout Containers?
A study published in October found black plastic could exposure people to dangerous levels of the flame retardant BDE-209.
Dear Doctor: Do we need to replace black plastic kitchen utensils with something safer?
A recent study showed that many household products made of black plastic are contaminated with flame retardants.
Recent panic over black plastic started with a math error
First commercialized in the 1970s, decabromodiphenyl ether (also known as BDE-209 or deca-BDE) quickly became a popular ...
Your black plastic kitchen utensils aren't so toxic after all. But you should still toss them, group says
A recent study included a math error that significantly overstated the risks of contamination, but its authors are standing ...
Your black plastic spatula contains toxic flame retardants. This group is suing the EPA to stop it
When a recent study found that household items made of black plastic—from kitchen tools like spatulas to takeout containers ...
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Don’t Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatulas
Could your trusty black spatula be trying to poison you, as some alarmist headlines fueled by a lawsuit and some dodgy ...
Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter
The authors made a math error that put the estimated risk from kitchen utensils off by an order of magnitude. Specifically, ...
Are black plastic spatulas really that bad? Your exposure to toxins from popular cooking utensils may not be as extreme as recent study suggested.
In the study, researchers estimated that using black plastic kitchenware could cause an intake of 34,700 nanograms a day of ...
Are your plastic kitchen utensils toxic? An alarming study gets an update.
A recent study found black plastic kitchen tools had high levels of toxins - but researchers admit they overestimated the ...