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  9. What I dislike about ALL the spatulas available now is that they are too thick to slide easily under the food in the pan. I rely on a spatula that's over 100 years old. It is metal, extremely thin and flexible. I even use it (very carefully) on my nonstick pans over a year now with no damage to the pans.

  10. I started phasing out plastic tools a couple years ago when I realized all that damage and missing bits had to go somewhere… obviously it was melting into my food. Same with the teflon. If its chipping away – you're eating it. I dont care if they say its not as bad as stated. I don't think we're meant to ingest these things. Ill be bummed it silicone ends up being a problem. But im already leaning toward only using it cold and avoiding and heated application

  12. “A math error in the report…” How convenient: let’s slip in a math error so the entire population of Earth gets worked up about black plastic. Every one will know our name and we’ll be famous!!!

    PS: Because there’s no way the researchers didn’t triple-check at least ten times before publishing their results.

  23. "All the winning tools use virgin or new plastic"
    That's… not necessarily a good thing, it means we're drilling and pumping more oil to produce that stuff. I've been slowly adjusting to carbon steel since PTFE nonstick is not durable and uses fluoridated compounds (which we're starting to find are much more nasty than the "miracle chemicals" they were once thought of).

  25. Do make sure to purchase ONLY brands you trust, and give the bargain basement (*cough*dollar*cough*) stores a pass on their black plastic tools. I had one melt onto my brand new ceramic non-stick frying pan and had to throw it away.

  30. Wooden bamboo… OR JUST ANY TYPICAL WOOD UTENSIL. Everyone is now taking about bamboo, but wood utensils have been around for millennia, and not just bamboo. And perhaps, a tiny fraction of the bamboo cost.

  31. This is serious and you didn’t give the study the respect it deserved. Mistakes were made, owned up to, and corrected. The results were true that recycled electronics plastic is being used in cooking utensils. No amount of fire retardant is safe in food. Zero is the scale. I am still getting rid of all black plastic utensils and have switched to stainless steel, silicone, and wood.

  33. Thank You for clarifying this…apparently many newspapers saw this article and re-hashed it on the tv news so everyone went and got rid of the black plastic utensils…not in the trash but gave it to the donation places…saw lots of it at the Goodwill the other daub😐

  34. I’ve never liked plastic utensils. They’re just a bad idea. Who wants to risk melting them, eating pieces of them and they’re not even sting enough to do what they’re supposed to do. I use stainless steel and wood utensils .

  35. I avoided the black plastic kitchen tools simply because they kept getting melted due to high temps. I tend to stick with wood, bamboo, or silicone for my surfaces that scratching is a concern, metal otherwise.

  37. Ha – Google 'Silicone utensils bad for you' – then 'Wooden utensils bad for you' then 'bamboo utensils bad for you' and finally 'stainless steel utensils bad for you'
    I'm not saying black plastic isn't bad it undoubtedly is too.
    Whatever, use common sense don't burn them and don't leave them sitting in your pot of food on the stove ffs

  39. Two comments on the video:
    1. "Thumb up" for virgin plastic? That is just wasteful. Using recycled materials is better for the planet.
    2. I had an issue with using a silicone brush on a hot pan. I got a little bit of melting on the tips. I don't think my pan was above the 450 deg F I have seen listed as the safe temperature for silicone, so it makes me wonder if silicone utensils are not all the same. Mine were budget selections.

  46. Rule of thumb use plastic(Silicone) seldomly if any. Wood and metal is best, also as far as cooking pots and pans, stainless steel or ceramic these plastic and coatings are known as PFAS also known as forever chemicals the least we’re exposed to it the better.

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