Better to be safe: Cooking with black plastic is something we should avoid as heat energizes harmful plastic compounds to migrate into our food.
"People with the highest blood levels of PBDEs, a class of flame retardants found in black plastic, had about a 300 percent increase in their risk of dying from cancer compared with people who had the lowest levels, according to a study released this year."
Black plastic food containers may be safe but how do we know if they contain flame retardants some of which are endocrine disruptors that disturb the body's hormone system, and may be associated with thyroid disease, diabetes, and cancer.
“When you’re using black plastic items, there’s going to be a risk that they could be contaminated,” Megan Liu, the science and policy manager at Toxic-Free Future."
This includes black plastic food trays, and children's toys.
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