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Black plastics may contain toxic compounds that can leach into food, experts say
- jihadjihad 2y agoRecycled plastics, sure. What about virgin plastic? Is black plastic (colored with carbon black) by definition only created using some recycled plastic? I don't know enough about it.
- nom 2y agoThe black color hides any other colored plastic you want to mix in. Adding recycled material is cheaper, so we can assume it's done wherever possible. It degrades the quality but that's fine for cheap products.
- euroderf 2y agoDidn't The Atlantic cover this topic about a month ago ? Black spatulas, etc.
- slater 2y agoyuuuup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41996156 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41996156