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Is plastic safe any more?
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Arri London
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> >>I've done it for 20+ years with no ill
> >>affects
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> No ill "EFFECTS" that you KNOW of. Like most Personal Chefs, I don't
> recommend habitual heating of food in plastic. You're using a polymer.
Whew! Proteins are polymers, as are starches and DNA/RNA. Polymer has to
do with the way a molecule is put together not whether or not it is
toxic.
> And like the long term EFFECTS of using Teflon...the jury's still out
> on that one too. For a one minute warm up every so often, fine. To
> reheat something partially frozen for more than a few minutes several
> times a week? I tell my clients to transfer to a Microwaveable dish
> such as Corningware.
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