In case you missed it, black plastic tools are often made of recycled electronics like VCRs (remember those?), which means that flame retardants and phthalates from those original items find their way ...

Priyanka Kheruka, Brand Head, Borosil Ltd, said, "When food is heated in plastic, it releases phthalates from the plasticisers and as much as 95 per cent of the chemicals are migrated into our food.