A recent study, published in the journal Chemosphere and taken up widely by news outlets, shows that many black plastic household products contain brominated flame retardants, which are possibly ...

The paper, led by a Boston College researcher, in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for a sweeping overhaul of ...

A recent study published in the journal Chemosphere raised concerns about food safety, warning that black plastic kitchen ...

All the products, which included cookware, food containers, toys and hair accessories, were screened for bromine, a component of so-called brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Products with high ...

Exposure to a trio of chemicals found in many everyday household and industrial items may have contributed to millions of ...

In addition, experts are "not aware of any safe level of brominated flame retardants," Leonardo Trasande, a professor of pediatrics and population health at NYU Langone Health, said to CNN.

A recent study found black plastic kitchen tools had high levels of toxins - but researchers admit they overestimated the ...

A study in the journal Chemosphere in December concluded that toxic brominated flame retardants and organophosphate flame retardants might be present at dangerous levels in some products ...

Recent study suggests everyday things made from black electronic plastics like spatulas and take away containers are leaching ...

In a recommendation made on Wednesday, the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, warned that aromatic brominated flame retardants (ABFRs) are of particular concern when used as additives that do not ...