A doctor has revealed exactly why she threw all her black kitchen utensils in the trash.

Dr. Poonam Desai is an emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine physician based in New York City.

The health professional revealed that black plastic kitchen utensils contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer.

“They also increase the risk of hormonal disruption, neurotoxicity and reproductive and developmental toxicity,” she said in a video.

Dr. Desai now only uses wooden or stainless steel utensils.

The alarming new American study highlights a chemical compound banned in Australia since 2023.

Plastics from electronics are often recycled and incorporated into common household items, such as kitchenware and children’s toys.

Black colored plastic has been found to potentially contain “alarming” levels of toxic flame retardants from recycling processes.

Dr. Poonam Desai is an emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine physician based in New York City.

The study found traces of flame retardants, used in electronics, in 85% of 203 black plastic products tested.

“Despite the lack of transparency and restrictions, plastics from electronics are often recycled and can be incorporated into household items that do not require flame-retardant treatment, leading to potentially high and unnecessary exposure,” it says. study.

The study found that an estimate of exposure to the restricted compound BDE-209, a form of decaBDE, one of the flame retardants detected by the study, in cookware indicated that users would have a ” median intake of 34,700 ng/day.”

This is said to exceed the estimated amount we are exposed to from dust and diet. DecaBDE has been widely studied and was banned in 2023 by the Ministry of Health.

The compound was linked to cancer, endocrine and thyroid problems, fetal and child development, reproductive and immune system toxicity, and neurological functions such as memory.