LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Think about that melted, warped black plastic spatula sitting in your kitchen drawer right now. We use these tools daily ...

It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash. A ...

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 ...

The study conducted by advocacy group Toxic-Free Future found signs of a flame retardant in black plastic and raised the possibility of it getting into your food if you use something like a black ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants. Those ...

Q: I have a few black plastic kitchen utensils in my drawer, but I’ve read that they’re dangerous. Is that true? Recent headlines have urged people to immediately throw out any black plastic items ...

The GIR Ultimate Flip Flexible Spatula is a kitchen basic that has been perfected in terms of both form and function. The company’s initials stand for Get It Right and they certainly do with this tool ...