Objects packed with the highest levels of these chemicals included a sushi tray, a beaded necklace and a spatula. “There have been previous studies done in other countries where they’ve seen ...

“There are so many chemicals in plastic ... or flipping bacon strips sizzling in an oiled pan with a plastic spatula, or ...

so you don’t have to worry about chemicals leaching into your food. I also don’t think I’m alone in having at least one plastic spatula with a divot where it melted slightly after being ...

But these compounds keep coming back ... Replacing a black plastic spatula with a steel or silicone option is an easy way to cut down on at least part of one’s daily dose of hormone disruptors.

And heat can ease migration of chemicals out of products,” said ... you won’t find it in a black spatula made of silicone. Nor are they in every black plastic item. The problem is, you can ...

There’s the type of spatula—thick and somehow also small—that turns tender warm cookies into floor cookies on their way to the cooling rack. The spatula that fumbles seared salmon into a ...

What I’m most guilty of: Leaving my spatula perched on the rim of a hot pan, melting a shameful divot or searing a burn mark into its handle. I have a mini graveyard of unsightly plastic ...