This passage has been excerpted from Y2K, Colette Shade’s debut collection of essays about pop culture and politics between ...

In fact, we can pinpoint this to one specific at-bat. This was one of my favorite sleuths ever, given the apparent lack of ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ.

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 ...

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 ...

As Toxic-Free Future’s study originally published in Chemosphere’s October 2024 issue notes, microscopic amounts of recycled black plastic containing the compound are sometimes detectable in ...

The study, published last month in the journal Chemosphere, tested 203 household products made of black plastic. The researchers found 85% of them contained high concentrations of flame retardant.

Francky Knapp is the commerce writer at Eater, and an award-winning writer with bylines in GQ, VICE, The Daily Beast, and other publications. A curious home cook with a deep love of Polish cabbage ...