It's a plastic world out there. About 460 million metric tons of the material are made each year, according to the United Nations, and some scientists are growing increasingly worried that ...

You may want to scour your kitchen for those popular black plastic kitchen utensils, and then toss them. A new study published in the journal Chemosphere just released information linking them to a ...

black plastic kitchen utensils like spatula and large spoon - Iuliia Alekseeva/Getty Images So, why specifically black plastic utensils? Items like spatulas, spoons, to-go lids, and even sushi trays ...

Editor’s note: The authors of the study described below issued a correction on Dec. 15, 2024, stating that they miscalculated the EPA’s suggested limit for the amount of BDE-209 an adult should be ...

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 ...

I’ve been wanting to cut down on plastic use in my daily life for a long time now. Not only is it wasteful — most plastic will stick around for hundreds and even thousands of years — but there have ...

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