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 plastic utensil ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Researchers have said there was a data error in their study, but have said their conclusion remains the same. A full explanation can be found HERE ...

Microplastics are a major environmental issue, and new reports show that washing plastic containers in the dishwasher could be a source of these tiny pollutants. Research carried out by the University ...

Kitchenware awaits cleanup as middle school students at Akiba Yavneh Academy make traditional Hanukkah potato latkes. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula ...

Earlier this year, a study had people tossing their black spatulas and other black kitchenware in fear of toxic chemicals—but it turns out the alarming warning was based on a major math mistake. In ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Microplastics are everywhere—in our kitchenware, clothes, tea bags, chewing gum, air, and even our brains ...

Microplastics are everywhere—in our kitchenware, clothes, tea bags, chewing gum, air, and even our brains, hearts, and placentas. Yuck. ICYDK, microplastics are teeny tiny plastic particles that are ...

Your kitchen might be spotless, your meals fresh and carefully prepared. Yet something invisible is ending up on your plate. Scientists now recognize that the very tools and routines we trust daily ...