It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen. Filling in for Brian today. For our last

segment, we're heading to the heart of every home, the kitchen, at least in my home.

Plastics are practically unavoidable in household products from food containers,

spatulas to the pans we cook with.

But as the health effects of ingesting microplastics are still being studied,

more people are rethinking what they cook with. Last year, a viral article in the Atlantic warned that black

plastic spatulas could be leaching toxic flame-retardant chemicals into food. Since then,

the editors at The Strategist, the product recommendation site from New York Magazine, have been

testing alternative kitchen products. Their series, Plastic Freak Kitchen Week,

is full of guides for replacing the plastic items currently in your kitchen. With us is Emma Wortsman,

senior kitchen and dining writer at the strategist, Emma. Welcome to the show.

How much for having me. And listeners, we want to hear from you. Have you swapped out plastic kitchenware for other products?

Or are you looking to swap out your cookware?

Is there a particular plastic product you don't think you can do without?

Maybe you joined the crowd who ditched their black plastic spatulas.

Or do you like your plastic utensils just fine?

Tell us what questions you have for Emma Wortsman you can call or text us the numbers 212 433 WNYC that's

two one two one two four three three nine six nine two and Emma for listeners who

haven't read the series what is plastic plastic-free kitchen week all about?

Plastic-free kitchen week is all about doing your very best to go plastic-free in the kitchen.

I think it is a very overwhelming task to undertake.

And really, the goal of this week was to provide alternatives for everything we possibly could, which is to say not everything because certain items, it's very, very difficult to completely find alternatives that are plastic free. But we did our best. And we have tons of stuff that when you swap it out, I think you'll find is just as good,

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