Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils, grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a new study found. 

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Black-coloured plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants

Black-coloured 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 electronic products during recycling, a new study found.

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Black plastics from electronic devices may be leaching toxic flame retardants into our food and homes, a new study has found.

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Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils, grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a new study found. “A product with one of the highest levels of flame retardants were black plastic pirate coin beads that kids wear — they resemble Mardi Gras beads but more for costu…

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Researchers found toxic flame retardants in 85% of the screened consumer products
	 
		Getty  Black-colored plastic used in kitchen utensils, takeout containers and children’s toys may contain potentially cancerous chemicals due to mistakes in recycling practices, a new study finds.The study — published Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the journal Chemosphere —  screened 203 consumer products for bromine, commonly used to make flame retardants. Toxic bromina…

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Black Plastic Kitchen Utensils, Takeout Containers — Even Toys — Linked to Cancer-Causing Chemicals

(CNN) — 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 electronic products during recycling, a new study found.

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According to American researchers, during the recycling of electronic devices, flame retardant substances are also included in the new device, which are extremely harmful to health.

Amerikai kutatók szerint az elektronikai eszközök újrahasznosítása során olyan égésgátló anyagok is bekerülnek az új eszközöben, amik rendkívül károsak az egészségre.

Mérgező anyag lehet a fekete színű konyhai eszközökben és a gyerekjátékokban – nem is kevés

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Black kitchen utensils and children's toys can contain toxic substances - quite a bit

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers and  kitchen utensils, grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a new study found. “A product with one of the highest levels of flame retardants were black plastic pirate coin beads that kids wear — they resemble Mardi Gras beads but more for c…

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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — 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 electronic products during recycling, a new study found. “A product with one of the highest levels of flame retardants were black plastic pirate coin beads that kids wear — they resemble Mardi Gras beads but more for co…

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Black-colored plastic used in children's toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils, grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a new study found.

Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants

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