Ingesting heavy metals "can cause toxicity, leading to neurological damage, organ dysfunction and developmental issues," the doctor says.

Look, I like to believe that if black plastic kitchen utensils were that dangerous, manufacturers wouldn't use black plastic to make products, but here we are. At this point, is it that ...

These harmful chemicals could be leaching into our bodies through food storage containers and utensils, suggesting that while the cost of cooking with plastic tools is nominal at the outset ...

After taking these back to the lab, they found 85 percent of the products ... Mind the Store said that companies who make ...

The designated plastic products include utensils and straws; combs and toothbrushes provided by hotels as amenities; and hangers and plastic covers provided by dry cleaners. Makers of the ...

and organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs)—have been detected in black plastic cooking utensils at surprisingly high levels. One particularly troubling flame retardant was found in these ...

A total of 203 black plastic products were chosen for testing and included food service ware (28 products), hair accessories (30 products), kitchen utensils (109 products) and toys (36 products).

A blender didn’t help, so he used an industrial plastic shredder. It reduced the utensils to what looked like coarse dust, which he then dried out. After running it through the extruder ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from ...

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 ...