It may seem trivial, but home gardeners who choose to use plastic mulch may want to note the advantages that research has shown for colored mulches over the more traditional black plastic mulch.

A warning from experts this Thanksgiving: throw your black-colored plastic kitchen utensils and cookware out. A new study has identified flame retardants, which are commonly used in electronic devices ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from ...

UPDATE @ 1:15 p.m. (Dec. 18): Scientists have issued a correction on this study. Researchers behind the viral study on potential toxins in common black kitchen ...