Kitchen
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Chemistry
After all, black plastic kitchen utensils aren’t that toxic: But you should still throw them away, says group
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A recent study that recommended immediate disposal of toxic chemicals in black plastic products contained mathematical errors that greatly exaggerated the risk of contamination, but its authors stand by their conclusions. , warns against the use of such products. Experts from the non-profit Toxic Free Future, published in the peer-reviewed journal Chemosphere, found that flame retardants…
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Environment
Kitchen renovations could reduce household air pollution and save lives in rural China
Correlation analysis between kitchen characteristics (mechanical ventilation and separate kitchen in this study) and several influencing factors, including socio-economic and physical geographical factors. The heatmap on the left shows the correlation between each factor, and the diagonal bar chart shows the distribution of each factor. The numbers on the right are the corresponding correlation coefficients between those factors. Credit: Environmental…
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