Food safe plastic

The obvious solution to avoiding plastic toxicity is to avoid plastics. Reduce damage by picking the least toxic ones.

The obvious solution to avoiding plastic toxicity is to avoid plastics, which, in a world awash in plastic, is pretty difficult. In the absence of this, it makes sense to limit your close encounters with plastic as best as you can.

“BPA should be considered a hazard to human development and reproduction with clear evidence of adverse effects.” Sarah Janssen of the Natural Resources Defense Council

Look for the symbol. It indicated what type of plastic it is. Avoid buying the heavily toxic ones. This way you send a signal to producers, or at least your are not financing the dirty brands.

The ABCs of Avoiding Plastics

The plastic types

Food safe plastic - The obvious solution to avoiding plastic toxicity is to avoid plastics. Reduce damage by picking the least toxic ones.
Look at least for BPA-free on the label of products
  1. PET: polyethylene terephthalate. PET is commonly used in commercially sold drink bottles, and condiment bottles (like ketchup). Generally considered a “safe” plastic, as does not contain BPA, in the presence of heat it can leach antimony, a toxic metalloid, into food and beverages, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach ulcers. Some studies have shown up to 100 times the amount of antimony in bottled water than in clean groundwater. The longer the bottle is on the shelf or exposed to heat or sunshine, the more antimony is likely to have leached into the product.







Know more:

Toxic traps 7 types dangerous plastic

BPA leached 55 times more rapidly when exposure to heat

BPA replacement also alters hormones

95% of urine samples contained some BPA - Centers for Disease Control

Bisphenol A (BPA) an endocrine disruptor

Phthalates in plastic products containing PVC

Manufacturing of plastic - toxic chemicals released - carcinogenic or neurotoxic