Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index - Ars Technica
However, the authors made a math error in their analysis that put their estimate of exposure to toxins from kitchen utensils off by an order of magnitude. Corrected, the article notes that the exposure potential from kitchen utensils is actually less than a tenth of the limit considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Further, the study found flame retardant contamination in less than 10 percent of the 203 household products it examinedβand only about 8 percent of 109 kitchen utensils.
I did not know that the original paper was retracted
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