Peter Aitken wrote in message ...
>"elaine" > wrote in message
...
>> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
>> m...
>> > > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> > > Lately Ive seen a lot of info regarding NOT using
>> > > plastic for heating or storage of foods.
>> > >
>> > > Instead best to use glass.
>> > >
>> > > Any advice or opinions on this?
>> >
>> > If anything, plastic is likely to be safer now than in the past. Yu
>can't
>> go
>> > wrong with glass, of course, but if you stick with food-use plastic and
>do
>> > not put any n the microwave unless specified to be safe, you should be
>> fine.
>> >
>> I've been wondering about silicone. Sometimes, years and years later
>> studies show materials used everyday; e.g. plastic in the microwave - are
>> said to be unsafe.
>>
>
>Life itself is unsafe, always ending in death. Every time you drive in your
>car you are taking far greater risks that any plastic can cause. People
>should take reasonable precautions, but obsessing about small unproven
risks
>is not a good way to spend your time and energy.

there are a few customers who shop at the grocery store i work at who are
afraid of scanners. they make the cashier put a paper bag over it and ring
everything in by hand.

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saerah

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