For the past few years, I've been telling my friends what I'm about to tell you: toss that black plastic spatula in the trash ...

Carbon black is mostly used to strengthen rubber in tires, but is also found in printer inks, hoses, and conveyor belts. When recycling facilities rely on infrared scanners to sort plastic trash ...

Should you throw out your black plastic spatula? A recent study that reported alarming levels of several flame retardants in common black-colored plastic items (including cooking utensils ...

Recycling facilities typically don’t have the technology to sort black plastic, so the items end up discarded as waste, she said. “I just threw it all out in my garbage can,” said Enck ...

The study examined 203 black plastic household products, including 109 kitchen utensils, 36 toys, 30 hair accessories, and 28 food serviceware products. Of those 203 products, only 20 (10 percent ...

Kaitlin Sullivan is a health and science journalist based in Colorado. She's been part of multiple award-winning investigations into health topics including the international medical device ...

An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...

A recent study that recommended toxic chemicals in black plastic products be immediately thrown away included a math error that significantly overstated the risks of ...

Recycling facilities typically don’t have the technology to sort black plastic, so the items end up discarded as waste, she said. “I just threw it all out in my garbage can,” said Enck ...

Let’s be real—black plastic kitchen utensils look sleek and serve their purpose. But what if we told you that they might be secretly leaching toxic chemicals into your food? Yup, that’s right. It ...