Cooking with plastic


	Cooking with plastic

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10-16-2007 2:09 PM

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                        cooking with plastics?</EM></STRONG></SPAN></p> <P><SPAN class="Normal"><STRONG>Answer:</STRONG> In 
                        general, whenever you heat something you increase the 
                        likelihood of pulling chemicals out. Chemicals can be 
                        released from plastic packaging materials like the kinds 
                        used in some microwave meals. Some drinking straws say 
                        on the label â€œnot for hot beverages.â€ Most people think 
                        the warning is because someone might be burned. If you 
                        put that straw into a boiling cup of hot coffee, you 
                        basically have a hot water extraction going on, where 
                        the chemicals in the straw are being extracted into your 
                        nice cup of coffee. We use the same process in the lab 
                        to extract chemicals from materials we want to 
                        analyze.</SPAN></p> <P><SPAN class="Normal">If you are cooking with plastics 
                        or using plastic utensils, the best thing to do is to 
                        follow the directions and only use plastics that are 
                        specifically meant for cooking. Inert containers are 
                        best, for example heat-resistant glass, ceramics and 
                        good old stainless steel</SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/870625B6-CDE0-4A87-969F-23C9B48C2830/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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