A recent study found high levels of flame retardants in everyday black plastic cooking utensils, food storage containers, and ...

The Food and Drug Administration permits companies to use lead, arsenic, and other dangerous heavy metals (PDF) in things ...

Our kitchens are teeming with plastic, and most of us use it to cook every day. But should we all be thinking more about the ...

By now, you've probably heard the bad news about the black plastic kitchen utensils so many of us (myself included) have in our homes. A recent study published in Chemosphere revealed that black ...

Getty A debate about whether black-colored plastic used in items including kitchen utensils could contain cancerous chemicals might be missing the point, according to experts. As previously ...

Is your kitchen bin or recycling overflowing with plastic bags, containers and produce wrapping? Plastic has become so commonplace that it’s easy to overlook how much of it you use and forget it ...