A recent study showed alarming rates of banned flame retardants in black plastic cooking tools.
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This story was updated on December 20, 2024.
The study cited the EPA’s safe limit of one of these chemicals as 42,000 ng per day.
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However, the EPA’s actual safe limit is 420,000 ng per day.
Therefore, estimated exposure to this chemical is less than one-tenth of the safe limit.
The researchers note that this does not change the ultimate findings of the study.
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One particularly troubling flame retardant was found in these kitchen tools: Deca-BDE.
The toxic chemicals can leach out of plastics and be found in the surrounding air or dust.
Its alarming to think that we could be eating flame retardants.
Who knows where these chemicals could be hiding?
