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 leaching from ...

Note: In December, the authors of the study originally published in the Oct. issue of the journal Chemosphere acknowledged they miscalculated their initial findings, overestimating the risk by a ...

Researchers detected flame retardants in household items made from recycled black plastic. The study later received a correction — but regardless of this paper, the chemicals' health effects remain ...