When a recent study found that household items made of black plastic—from kitchen tools like spatulas to takeout containers and even children’s toys—contain toxic flame retardants, some took it as a ...

You’ll flip for it too. Black plastic kitchen utensils have made a lot of headlines lately due to reports that they may leach toxic chemicals into food when exposed to heat. While I have done a great ...

Zoë Schlanger, a science writer at The Atlantic, was looking for a story last October when she got an email about a new study warning how the chemicals in black-plastic cookware could be leaching into ...

LOS ANGELES — Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any ...

A new study detected dangerous chemicals in a variety of household items. But experts say the health risks aren’t clear-cut. Credit...Tonje Thilesen for The New York Times Supported by By Emily ...

ChefAide’s set includes five spatulas with different functions. The spoon spatula is ideal for stirring and serving batches of food. Like a traditional rubber spatula, the large spatula is great for ...

Welcome to Plastic-Free Kitchen Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing plastic alternatives — for everything from appliances to cleaning supplies to cookware. For ...

The study conducted by advocacy group Toxic-Free Future found signs of a flame retardant in black plastic and raised the possibility of it getting into your food if you use something like a black ...

A recent study adds to the evidence that black plastic household items — like the ubiquitous spatulas we all use to flip pancakes and turn steaks — are potentially harmful to our health, and that we ...