Danger: kitchen utensils made of black recycled plastic could be poisoning you, study says

Danger: kitchen utensils made of black recycled plastic could be poisoning you, study says

If you have a spatula made of recycled black plastic, go to your kitchen, grab it and throw it in the rubbish. Immediately. That is the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the … Read more

Delhi’s Blue Water Woes: How illegal denim dyeing is damaging Delhi’s water and health

Delhi’s Blue Water Woes: How illegal denim dyeing is damaging Delhi’s water and health

Close to the Delhi-Mumbai expressway in southeast Delhi, four laborers unload piles of jeans from a vehicle. These jeans are taken to Meethapur village, where they are dyed blue in illegal dyeing units. The untreated toxic chemicals used in the dyeing process flow into nearby gutters, turning them deep blue.In Meethapur, the main gates of … Read more