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Why You Might Want To Throw Away Your Black Kitchen Utensils and Takeout Containers (www.foodnetwork.com)

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Many black plastic kitchen items are made from recycled electronic materials that contain toxic flame retardants and other chemicals.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Fossil fuels and petrochemicals are destroying our world! 🙁 Scientists talk about us living in the Anthropocene, maybe Anthropopetrocene would be more accurate.