Are Your Food Storage Containers Poisoning Your Family?

What could be easier than going to the fridge, pull the plastic container that you put the remains of last night's dive in and zap them in the microwave for a quick? Instant hot meal in three minutes. Also, depending on the type of container, instant shot of potentially toxic chemicals.

Clear polycarbonate plastic containers, with a number 7 on the ground, how can the most plastic baby bottles leach bisphenol A, the well-known endocrine disruptor, cause cancer in laboratoryAnimals, and possible source of hyperactivity and other behavioral disorders in children. So number 7 plastics are a no-no. Secondly, the plastic foams, as they are used in coffee cups, food containers from fast-food restaurants, and instant soups and pasta products on the number 6 of polystyrene. Styrene is known to leach from these containers. There is a possible endocrine disruptor and the reproductive system and is listed as a possible carcinogen by the International Agency for Cancer Research Yon.Third, flexible plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC), is marked with the number 3 on the ground that contain phthalate compounds, including DEHP, which is banned in a number of problems with the liver that is connected to kidney, and spleen and in Europe.

These plastics are not good to have things around the house - much less the kitchen - but that's often where you find them. The elastic, sticky foil wrap sandwiches in and use of children in order to cover the remains? It is more than likely, PVCPhthalate film loaded with. This clear plastic deli containers entering some food? You have bisphenol A was in them. Think of these chemicals as evil spirits hiding in your containers and packages. Pop all of these things in the microwave - which is what many of us are not all the time - and you are in essence, these free spirits.

ÿThere are two simple solutions to this problem. The first is to ensure that all the plastics that you have marked in your kitchen, the number I, 2, 4 or 5These are the safest Ones. For example, there are some brands clear, plastic bags and containers, which are made of safer plastics. The problem is the boxes they come in does not often say what number they use from plastic. But there are many common brand-name versions of these products are safe, far more than we can display here. So here's my tip: Go to Green Guide, the website of National Geographic Magazine (thegreenguide.com) run. Click on the section called "Buying Guides", and then click"Plastic container" under the "kitchen". There you can find an extensive list that are safe and which are not.

My own choice is to use only glass containers. I ÿbypass the plastic problem as a whole. With clear glass, I know, I work with a recyclable material that can safely clean it when I washed them, and I did not mean to keep every few weeks. And if I open the refrigerator door and look at the glass jar inside, I know immediatelywhat in them.

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