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First-ever study finds cancer-causing chemicals in black plastic food-contact items sold in the U.S. - Toxic-Free Future (toxicfreefuture.org)

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[–] reddig33 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Link to the actual study:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653524022173

TLDR: Looks like brominated flame retardants end up where they don’t belong when plastics from electronics get recycled into other things like toys and kitchen utensils.

[–] Pizza_Rat 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cooooool.. cool cool cool cool

[–] Tikiporch 4 points 1 month ago

[–] Smoogs 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the most common spatula…

[–] Anticorp 2 points 1 month ago

And the most common takeout dish. Ugh...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Anyone know on whether this is an issue within the EU as well?