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You ever wonder what the ingredients are in a paper straw? Don’t look it up. You won’t like it.
Just. Stop. Putting. Teflon. On. Everything. Figuring out what does and does not have PFAS on it to protect my family is exhausting and infuriating. I’ve emailed with manufacturers, sent stuff to labs; basically, no one seems to know how much materials like this are used on every day products.
What do you use to store food? I obviously need to go find some alternatives now.
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What do you use to store food? I obviously need to go find some alternatives now.
Glass, metal, ceramic, old fashioned plastic. The problem is generally packaging materials not things like Tupperware or glassware.
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What do you use to store food? I obviously need to go find some alternatives now.
Glass containers are fantastic and usually cheap enough. Whether it's spice jars or leftover food containers, it all works great. Make sure the lids are also either glass, wood, or stainless steel. The one "downside" is you do need adequate cushion if you're taking it on the go say for lunch or to a dinner gathering, but even a towel wrapped around suffice. If you want recommendations, the Ikea 365+ glass containers…
Plastic lid is normally fine, plastics leech at high temperatures, you arent normally heating food with the lid on. .Even eith a fully steel container you need a bit of soft material lile silicone to ensure waterproof seal
You know, we really don't need this disposable culture. Everyone just expects to get a disposable container everywhere they go (in the West, anyway). But we don't need disposable everything. People can carry their own set of utensils, and even their own food packaging; it's not uncommon for people to bring their own tupperwares to restaurants (wrap it in a decorative cloth to be fancy). Restaurants could also give ou…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/13/toxic-fo... This is worth noting as well.
You know, we really don't need this disposable culture. Everyone just expects to get a disposable container everywhere they go (in the West, anyway). But we don't need disposable everything. People can carry their own set of utensils, and even their own food packaging; it's not uncommon for people to bring their own tupperwares to restaurants (wrap it in a decorative cloth to be fancy). Restaurants could also give ou…
Just. Stop. Putting. Teflon. On. Everything. Figuring out what does and does not have PFAS on it to protect my family is exhausting and infuriating. I’ve emailed with manufacturers, sent stuff to labs; basically, no one seems to know how much materials like this are used on every day products.
What do you use to store food? I obviously need to go find some alternatives now.
I also keep my rices and legumes in bamboo boxes.
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What do you use to store food? I obviously need to go find some alternatives now.
Glass containers are fantastic and usually cheap enough. Whether it's spice jars or leftover food containers, it all works great. Make sure the lids are also either glass, wood, or stainless steel. The one "downside" is you do need adequate cushion if you're taking it on the go say for lunch or to a dinner gathering, but even a towel wrapped around suffice. If you want recommendations, the Ikea 365+ glass containers…
I beg to differ. The IKEA 365+ non-glass containers are fantastic. The glass ones don’t stack properly and tend to have little glass shards break off when unstacking them. I can imagine a v2 being better.
PFAS in dental floss: https://www.ehn.org/pfas-floss-2658203711.html