Published On: Sat, Jan 11th, 2025

‘Zombie facts’ live on after black plastic and other studies get corrected or retracted

A stack of black plastic takeout containers with a black plastic spatula in the foreground.

Headlines warning people to throw out their black plastic kitchen utensils live on, as do social media posts warning of “secret toxins” in your kitchen. Less prominent? A correction to the peer-reviewed study those headlines were based on.

CBC | World News

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‘Zombie facts’ live on after black plastic and other studies get corrected or retracted