Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. Reading and Muhlenberg Township have their own food safety ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from e ...

That sleek, black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer might be doing more harm than good. Experts are increasingly urging ...

Health inspectors found multiple issues at restaurants in the Midlands in May. Here’s a list of some of the worst offenders.

The Mustard Seed Café: 233 Belmont St., Waymart; May 20; Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Caffrey Recreation Area: 431 Lakeshore Drive, Lakeville; May 21; Pennsylvania Department of ...

Chefs want you to stop using toxic kitchen tools, like plastic kitchen utensils. Here are nine non-toxic alternatives, from a ...

Getty A debate about whether black-colored plastic used in items including kitchen utensils could contain cancerous chemicals might be missing the point, according to experts. As previously ...

Should you still be using black plastic? That was the question for many Americans after a study last year discovered high levels of flame retardants in cooking spatulas, sushi trays and kitchen ...

People were warned to ditch their black utensils after a study found the common kitchen item contained “toxic addictives” — but it may have been too hasty a declaration. The authors of the ...

A study published by the journal Chemosphere originally stated that a toxic chemical found in black plastic almost exceeded the safe exposure limit when in fact it was 10 times lower than the limit.