Black Plastic Cooking Utensils

[imastawka]

Anyone using them?

Heads up - they're very bad news for your health.

I've binned all of mine (they're not recyclable)  and have replaced them with wooden or bamboo utensils.

Black plastics are more likely to contain unregulated amounts of toxic chemicals including heavy metals and flame retardants which can leach into food and pose a hazard to human health. In addition, black plastics are not recyclable due to their color.

The black color is created by adding a substance called carbon black to the plastic. Carbon black which contains numerous compounds, some of which like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have carcinogenic properties that have lead the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to classify carbon black as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.”

It is not yet known if carbon black leaches out of black plastic containers into food during microwaving but we would not recommend microwaving food in any color of plastic container (see our fact sheet on microwaving plastics for more details.)

Why Black Plastic Is Bad News — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

[sandypebbles]

That olive folk is being a tad rude..................

[countessalmirena]

Do they have olive fork handles and does this help in the dark…?

[domino-710]

All the black has been binned.

The Chef loves his new Australian made utensils.

Will get him more.

Thanks for the site Countess.

[countessalmirena]

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[ambercat16]

Do you mean spurtles? They are originally Scottish I think - designed for stirring porridge. I have one - not redwood though. I bought it in Scotland many, many years ago.

I notice the bots didn't like my reference to distant man made waterways🤔

[twyngwyn]

I did question my sanity - gone without a trace!

[domino-710]

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@ambercat16 wrote:

Do you mean spurtles? They are originally Scottish I think - designed for stirring porridge. I have one - not redwood though. I bought it in Scotland many, many years ago.

I notice the bots didn't like my reference to distant man made waterways🤔

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Missed this one - what on earth did you say. LOL

[sandypebbles]

Did it involve a river of excrement and a Native American water vessel without any means of propulsion?

I have noticed a few odd vanishing acts for no apparent reason today

I assumed it may have been more related to the recent glitch we had with scrambled posts/not in order posts and other follies ?

[countessalmirena]

It was far away. There would be barges on it.

[twyngwyn]

lol...... far +Panama (to name one)