That sleek, black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer might be doing more harm than good. Experts are increasingly urging ...

As a professional kitchen gear tester, my utensil crock is constantly overflowing with wooden spoons and silicone spatulas.

All I want for Christmas is a spatula. I didn’t know I wanted a new one until I found out online that the material in some spatulas, especially black plastic ones, should not be used around heat.

That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...

It’s impossible to avoid all exposure to plastic. But updating your spatula, stirring spoon, or other kitchen gear from plastic is a simple swap, especially if you use these utensils often.

Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Read our original story below. You may want to check your kitchen utensil drawer and reconsider using that black plastic spatula. Because according to a new study published in the journal ...

But she still uses a black plastic spatula to cook eggs the way she likes and to avoid scratching her nonstick pan. “Everything in moderation,” she said. Emily Schmall is a reporter for the ...