"Hot food and liquids should never be stored in plastic containers as the high temperatures can cause the plastic to release harmful chemicals," says Hardin. "Always make sure to let food cool before ...

Have basketfuls of toys and clothes in the kids’ rooms? This will make you think twice about everything you have in your home ...

The study examined 203 black plastic household products, including 109 kitchen utensils, 36 toys, 30 hair accessories, and 28 food serviceware products. Of those 203 products, ...

For the plastic items we can't avoid completely, we try to recycle as many as possible. ... Household Plastic Items That Can't Be Recycled 1. Plastic Shower Curtains. RIC: #3.

Scientists from Toxic-Free Future and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam tested a range of household items made of black plastic and sold in the U.S., and found toxic flame retardants in many of them.

A new study found that black-colored plastic used in a variety of household items -- like kitchen utensils, takeout and leftovers containers, meat and product trays, and children’s toys -- could ...

Liu and her colleagues screened more than 200 black plastic household products that would potentially give consumers close contact with these chemicals, including kitchen utensils, ...

It’s not possible for people to tell which black plastic items might contain flame retardants, but in the new study, researchers found the chemicals in 17 of the more than 200 household products ...

Further, the study found flame retardant contamination in less than 10 percent of the 203 household products it examined—and only about 8 percent of 109 kitchen utensils.