The freshwater supply at a Hong Kong public housing estate in the New Territories is safe, authorities have said, after residents voiced worries over black particles found in their drinking water.

Over 90% of food delivery containers in cities like Delhi and Mumbai are made of black plastic. Durable and sleek, they’ve become the norm—but many are made from untraceable recycled materials. This ...

As I continued to investigate what people should do with black plastic, many companies responded with, “Just check with your local municipality to see if they can recycle it.” While currently there is ...

Whether your kitchen tools are black in color or not, if your aim is to reduce exposure to microplastics and chemicals leaching out of plastic, you may want to consider minimizing exposing any ...

Several residents from historically Black neighborhoods of Brunswick County attended the board of commissioners meeting on Monday, March 17, to express concern about lack of access to clean water ...

This is clearly not good news, but knowledge is power. Now, you can make informed decisions about the products you keep in your home — and that decision may look different than your neighbor’s. Maybe ...

Used to make cooking spatulas, takeout boxes and kitchen peelers, black plastic made headlines after a study last year claimed that the material contained toxic flame retardants which could be ...

Black plastic, especially when made from recycled materials, can pose health risks due to the chemicals used in its production, including potentially harmful substances like BPA, phthalates, and ...

I was a devoted black plastic utensil user until my husband and I bought our house in 2020 — and he demanded we switch to wood. He’d grown up in a home that only used wood cooking tools and ...

Jackie Coogan hit the big time playing Charlie Chaplin's little buddy in the 1921 silent film "The Kid," amassing an estimated fortune of $4 million before he was 10 years old. Money, however ...