Hold The Plastic

You’ve heard the old saying, “don’t microwave food in plastics”. But that may not be the worst of it.

Public health officials recently sounded the alarm in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, saying that the 6,000 plus chemicals in plastic wraps, cap and carton linings, synthetic containers- virtually any packaging, are likely leaking into food and posing long-term health risks.  Even scarier: Science  is only beginning to expose the extent of those risks.

To make matters worse, those “safe” BPA-free plastics (BPA is linked to both cancer and diabetes) may not be safe after all. A new Center for  Environmental Health study of BPA free sippy cups found in them other chemicals as hazardous as BPA itself.

What to do? “Try to eat fresh, organic, unpackaged foods, and avoid heating in plastic, non-stick or silicone ware.  Don’t store in plastic either.  Glass or foil is preferable.