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Tempted to put this on the cooking board, but it could also affect US policy. A study shows that black plastics can have cancer-causing BFRs. This includes a lot of kitchen utensils, restaurant take-home containers, and even some toys. This is relevant to policy because, if true, the government should ban those products.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/health/flame-retard...

Just do a search on the subject and you'll get a lot of hits. CNN was the first one I got, but it's all over the news networks.

In our house we have been moving to glass containers anyway. We would use containers from restaurants for storage, but never put them in the microwave. The glass containers can go straight from fridge to microwave, which is why we were migrating. This revelation will hasten the process of elimination of plastics (and especially black plastic) from our house.

Tempted to put this on the cooking board, but it could also affect US policy. A study shows that black plastics can have cancer-causing BFRs. This includes a lot of kitchen utensils, restaurant take-home containers, and even some toys. This is relevant to policy because, if true, the government should ban those products. - 1pg

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Thanks 1pg, that is good info. And timely.

My GF and I go to the same Lucky Noodle Chinese restaurant on Lake Conroe at least once and sometimes twice a week. Best General Tso's chicken ever. Delicious food and lots of it, always enough take-home for another meal.

It was so convenient, heat then eat right out the container, dirty dishes total prep and eat = one fork. We did notice how the black container lost its shine after reheating in the microwave. Now its back to using a plate, thus doubling the number of dishes needing washing thanks to you.

Hey, I didn't do the study!

I think in future we will bring our own containers to pack any leftovers. We don't eat out very often, so it isn't really a burden. Hard to imagine that the places that pack it in styro are doing it better than the ones using those black containers.

I've often wondered about the uptick in illness with people born in the 60s through now. All that stuff we never thought twice about is turning out to be toxic and/or cancer-causing. "Forever chemicals", for example. They're only now starting to stamp cans as "BPA free", but most products -evidently- still use the BPA (i.e. no stamp). And no one is moving to ban this stuff.

Glass rules. Even if it is heavier.

I think in future we will bring our own containers to pack any leftovers.

When my wife was around, she'd always bring a bag with our own leftover containers - a mish mash of Tupperware, Rubbermaid, and the local grocery store brand - and in various sizes from small round ones (suitable for something like a dipping sauce) to fairly large ones (perfect for that extra dish of tortilla chips the waiter brought that you really didn't ask for). Kept them in a reusable grocery bag in the car. Did that to reduce waste rather than for health reasons. She always had leftovers, as she would only eat half a meal to keep her weight down. Waiters rarely gave it a second thought, but if they said anything it was usually a compliment for being so prepared.

Probably should get back in that habit.

--Peter

1poorlady was pointing out that her coffee maker and electric kettle are both hard black plastic. There doesn't seem to be much about that, though I did find an article that says the coffee maker is OK if you replace the filter holder with a metal one (which are available). Which doesn't quite make sense to me since the entire tank before the filter is also plastic, and the water is heated there and then sent through the filter into the carafe.

Of course, ours are old enough that maybe everything already leached out of them. :-|

I advised dragging out our old tea kettle for heating water. Good ole stainless.

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