These cooking items in your home are linked to cancer-causing chemicals
A new study found that black-colored plastic kitchen utensils and takeout containers, among other items, may contain cancer-causing chemicals.Canva
The thing is black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat, and produce trays might contain potentially cancerous chemicals due to slip-ups in recycling practices, according to a new study found.
The study – which was published Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the journal Chemosphere – screened 203 consumer products for bromine, commonly used to make flame retardants. Toxic brominated flame retardants (BFRs) were found in 85% of the products, with total concentrations ranging up to 22,800 parts per million (ppm) of chemicals, including the banned substance deca-BDE and its replacement.
Health concerns tied to these toxic flame retardants include carcinogenicity, endocrine disruption, neurotoxicity, and reproductive and developmental toxicity.
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