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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@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Cooooool.. cool cool cool cool

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So the most common spatula…

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

And the most common takeout dish. Ugh...

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

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