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5/10/2009
1:52 am |
I've read so much about chemicals leaching from plastics. I'm very careful about avoiding PVC (because of phthalates, lead, and other additives) and Polycarbonate (because of BPA), but I'm always wondering about unlabeled food packaging. For example, what type of plastic is typically used to package cheese? And meats? I've read that fatty foods like meat and cheese can promote leaching, but I don't know if they're usually packaged in safer plastics or not. We often get meat from our neighborhood butcher who gets their meat from small local farmers, but what about the laminate on the butcher paper? Help! What can I do? |
5/11/2009
7:45 pm |
It is hard to answer what is typically used to package cheese because it depends what type of cheese you mean. In our market, blue cheese comes in a hard plastic tub, sliced cheeses and shredded cheeses in plastic bags, and deli cheeses in a plastic wrap. So, I'm going to say, it depends. In general, I don't like food stored in plastic, and I try to avoid buying disposable plastic as much as possible. But I know it is hard. PVC, polystyrene and polycarbonate plastic are usually considered the "bad" plastics in terms of environmental harm and leaching of toxic chemicals.... Read More  |
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