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

www.cnn.com Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants | CNN

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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I've always found it counterintuitive to use any kind of plastic for cooking. I don't trust these silicone baking molds either. And: plastic containers don't belong in the microwave.

Always stick to wood, metal and glass/ceramics in the kitchen!
- Another bad plastic item for the kitchen: plastic cutting boards. If you look at them up close, you can see that every time you cut on them with a sharp knife, lots of small micro plastic pieces are cut off.
  
  Plastic cutting boards are sadly the cheaper and less work requiring option for restaurants/ larger kitchens. Wood just doesn't survive going through an industrial dishwasher that many times and nobody is going to hand wash 10+ wood boards a day. I haven't properly looked into what plastic our kitchen's plastic boards are, but it seems to be more durable than the usual home ones.
  
  If you look at them up close, you can see that every time you cut on them with a sharp knife, lots of small micro plastic pieces are cut off.
  
  Ugh, at this point I'm resigned to the fact that there's always going to be something.
  
  Notwithstanding their impressive feats for the time, Ancient Romans had lead pipes for example.
  
  Today we have microplastics (and some lead issues still, too, from lead solder, etc.) Among other things.
  
  Tomorrow, it'll be something like nanites accumulating in our body, or gamma radiation exposure from faulty shielding in whatever spacecraft futurehumans are flying in.
  
  I made the mistake of buying a plastic cutting board exactly one time lol
Good thing I use metal on my non-stick pans 😎
- The nonstick keeps the fat from clinging to my arteries. _* health _*
  
  I know this is irony but I still feel the need to tell you and the world that the bits of non stick coating are not toxic in itself if digested. it fucks up your pan but nothing more. It's high temperatures that release toxic compound from the coating.
  
  Good point, we need non-stick food, or maybe non-stick arteries
Just use cast iron and metal tools
- Ah yes, cast iron, the perfect material for those with mobility and strength issues. Set it and forget it.
  
  Carbon steel is great too. Many of the advantages of cast iron with lower weight and still no PFOA.
  
  Stainless steel is lighter, and more importantly doesn’t contain flame retardant.
  
  There's more ways to cook than just a stovetop. There is nothing wrong with baking and roasting meat and vegetables. Roasted broccoli is delicious with just some butter/oil and salt.
  
  If you're having mobility and strength problems, active cooking with flipping and stirring hot ingredients may be a safety issue regardless of material of cookware.
This seems so obvious... Must be the plastic in my brain.

Anyone have any reccos for inexpensive wooden kitchen utensiles? I'm seeing Crate and Barrel for ~$85
- Ikea has them for $2-8, depending on the size and type of wood. $85 is for twee decoration or something, yikes.
  
  Are they good? I try to avoid buying future trash, even if it costs more money.
New super power confirmed: ability to walk on the sun.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQj--Kjn0z8
You can’t say retardant any more. It’s flame development disabler
Another W for recycling

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