The US Environmental Protection Agency fails to protect the public from a toxic flame retardant found in black plastic consumer products, a new lawsuit alleges.

"I've been kind of doing this in front of the public and been a specimen in a petri dish really since I was 16 or 17 ... much ...

H and-washing dishes is a wet, messy slog, but after 20 years without a dishwasher, I got used to it. My house at the time ...

Today, Thanksgiving tables typically feature side dishes like mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. Once-popular options like Jell-O salads and hot Dr Pepper are no longer part of the celebrations.

Even though the main course of turkey or ham is important, it's the Thanksgiving side dishes that usually get people talking. Either you're hosting dinner yourself or heading to someone else's home ...

Now, a study published in Chemosphere, which was led by researchers at Toxic-Free Future and the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment at Vrije Universiteit, gives even more reason to ...

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Plastic and silicone are cheaper and hold up well, too. (Silicone is particularly lightweight and often used for flexible dish racks you roll and store away, then pull out as needed.) And while ...

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