If you have black-colored plastic reusable food containers or cooking utensils at home, it might be a good idea to toss them out. Recent studies have shown these products -- as well as children’s toys and grocery produce and meat trays -- have alarmingly high amounts of flame retardants in them. This is due to the fact that many of them are made from recycled plastics that come from electronics, which contain high levels of these toxic chemicals. Since there’s no way of knowing, you should replace them with safer alternatives like glass reusable containers and metal utensils.
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