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This information has been circling around for a number of years now. The powers that be seem to be in a tussle over the facts about whether or not certain chemicals leak into our food and water as a result of heating or freezing the plastic containers that hold them. Plasticizers such as DEHA and another chemical known as BHP along with other chemicals considered to be carcinogens are said, by some officials, to be very costly to our health and in some cases are cancer causing agents.

An interview on NPR (National Public Radio) mentioned that Whole Foods is one of the only markets for groceries that provides their goods in packages and containers that are free of these chemicals.  I will be looking deeper into this to find out not only the validity to this, but also I will try to get a list of other food providers who offer the same.

I would also like to get more details about how dangerous these chemicals really are and how much risk are we really taking by microwaving and freezing our foods in plastic containers.  If anyone has some good resources for this information, please comment on this.

In the end, it is better and more “green” to get away from the use of platics, but our society and industries make it aweful difficult to do so.  Plastic is everywhere and it is in everything.  I would hate to think that we have surrounded ourselves with a toxic killer.

More to come on this subject…