New research warns that routine kitchen behaviors—like microwaving plastic or steeping tea bags—could be releasing billions ...

Many common kitchen items contain hidden plastics or plastic-like materials, from coatings to linings to microplastic ...

Black plastic cookware has become a staple in many kitchens — but it might be harmful. A new study found that some of the items contain high levels of cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting flame ...

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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 utensil ...

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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 ...

It all started when my husband noticed knife marks on our cutting boards and suggested we get some new, non-plastic ones. He'd read an article warning that plastic cutting boards can shed microscopic ...