[BadHumans]

> take for example Bisphenol A (BPA), one of the monomers used in making polycarbonate - which most people have heard of, and has now been almost universally eliminated from things that contact food and water for human consumption.

Why did they find large amounts of BPA in more than a few foods they tested if it has been eliminated from food manufacturing process?

[_yb2s]

Good point- what I said is wrong, it was removed from consumer goods like water bottles but is still legal and used in food manufacturing equipment in the USA. It has been banned in the EU from all food contact. I have edited my post above to correct this.

[econ]

You should do as you want ofc but I don't trust anything that hasn't been proven toxic.

If they make a fine wine or a quality beer and put it in plastic (or something coated with plastic) I can't take the company seriously.

Tomatoes are the worse I hear because of their acidity. In the store there is a whole wall of canned tomatoes and plastic bottles. Non of the more expensive brands use it. The Tupperware comes out of the microwave all red? It even looks unappetizing.

If you can choose why go with the experiment? I'd pick the silverware over the plastic utensils every time.

[neom]

My mum has been on the plastics thing since as long as I can remember (35+ years), we never had plastic in the house and if someone gave us something in tupperware mum wouldn't let us eat it, ha. Once I questioned her on this as I thought it was nuts, she said "plastic can melt, stretch, move, if it breaks off or leaks into our food it's toxic because it's chemicals, that is why we only use glass metal and wood in this house" - I still thought she was nuts, toxic plastic? What a load of hippie hogwash... I thought...