(CNN) - Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be ...

If you threw out your black plastic kitchen utensils after a study saying they may be poisoning you went viral, you may not want to read this.

Because recycling machines can't recognize the color black, black plastic used ... that plastic supply chain means those cheap black plastic utensils may still contain banned chemicals.

An alarming study on black plastic had a major math error. But it reveals bigger questions that have yet to be addressed.

On top of that, black plastic—often used for kitchen utensils and takeout items—is a notoriously difficult color to sort for recycling, and most of it gets rejected. To meet the demand for ...

Flame retardants are getting into commonly used items because black-colored products are ... re wondering whether your old black plastic spoon or other utensils are a part of this group, Liu ...