Earthjustice is suing the EPA over its weak regulation of decaBDE, a type of flame retardant that poses serious risks to the health of both people and wildlife. When a recent study found that ...

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 ...

Take a peek into almost any kitchen drawer, and you're likely to find one: a trusty, often well-used, black plastic spatula. It's a kitchen staple, seemingly innocuous and always ready for flipping ...

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 ...

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Remember when everyone freaked out and threw away their black plastic spatulas? Well, even if that wasn’t as bad of a situation as originally declared, there’s still plenty to be concerned about when ...

For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula. In a world of plastic consumer goods, avoiding the material entirely requires ...

A passionate home cook since childhood, Mark Marino has covered food news for numerous national print and digital publications. He also served as the executive director of The Kitchn's shopping team, ...

Could your trusty black spatula be trying to poison you, as some alarmist headlines fueled by a lawsuit and some dodgy science claim? Before you go Marie Kondo-ing your utensil drawer, let’s dig into ...

Spatulas are an essential tool in any kitchen. A good one will lift and flip foods from pans and trays with ease, and is heat resistant enough to endure incredibly high temperatures. But different ...