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 plastic ...

Last month, an NBC 5 Responds report explored why a recent study found black plastic kitchen utensils could be dangerous to your health. Since then, NBC 5 Responds has been fielding dozens of ...

But researchers are now saying products made from recycled black plastic contain even more toxic components. The authors of the Chemosphere study found that everyday household items that are made ...

The most common mistake when setting up a snow fence is improper placement. To be effective, a snow fence must be positioned correctly and sized according to the local snow and wind conditions. On the ...

It's paying them to leave parts of their cornstalks standing to act as a makeshift fence to stop snow from drifting onto county roads. These corn stalks have been cut to a shorter length to help ...

Should you cover your air conditioning unit with a tarp to protect it from the elements in winter? Here's how to take care of ...

Now, a study published in Chemosphere, which was led by researchers at Toxic-Free Future and the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment at Vrije Universiteit, gives even more reason to ...

It's paying them to leave parts of their cornstalks standing to act as a makeshift fence to stop snow from drifting onto county roads. Jason Glick, county highway maintenance superintendent ...