“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic" The risk would not be enough to discard them, but science should find a way to keep flame retardants out of such items. Researcher finds out they were off by a factor of 10, responds: "this does not impact our results and recommendations"
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McGill
Are Black Plastic Spatulas and Serving Spoons Safe to Use?
This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. There is probably no quote more often cited in discussions of toxicity than that of 16th-century Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus,
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Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter
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Ars Technica
Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter
Correction issued for black plastic study that had people tossing spatulas.