Safer plastics for storing food.Look for containers with recycling codes #1 PETE PETE Polyethylene Terephthalate PETE Petroleum Engineering (university department) PETE Petersburg National Battlefield (US National Park Service) PETE Partnership for Environmental Technology Education , #2 HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene , #4 LDPE and #5 PP (on the bottom of containers). Of these, #1 and #2, used in many larger water bottles, are most commonly recycled and least toxic, along with #4 used in BestYet Clear Wrap and Glad Cling Wrap. As they are generally not recyclable, avoid #3 PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. or V (poly vinyl chloride). #6 PS (polystyrene) and #7 (polycarbonate) plastics. PVC's manufacture and incineration incineration the act of burning to ashes. release dioxins, which are carcinogens and hormone disruptors. In contact with foods, especially hot, fatty foods, PVC can also leach chemicals such as adipates and phthalates, shown in mice to cause birth defects and damage to the liver and kidneys. Polycarbonate plastic can release bisphenol A, a suspected hormone disruptor. |
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