Operator at a plastics factory here. Most containers that say they are microwave safe should also say BPA free. We don’t use BPAs in our plastics but that being said I’m pretty sure my body is 50% microplastics now and I’m probably not long for this world. Use glass or ceramics.
Cancer? Nono expect your sperm to be 33% less effective. Now if that doesn't scare you, imagine if you have a boy. That kid will have 66% less effective sperm. So.. Do you think it'll stop in the next generation if we continue this way? No, it'll be 99%
Essiac is a herbal tea promoted as an alternative treatment for cancer and other illnesses. There is no evidence it is beneficial to health. In a number of studies Essiac either showed no action against cancer cells, or actually increased the rate of cancer growth
Context is important. What are the figures? How much BPA is leaked from a plastic container in a typical cooking cycle? How much breaks down into less harmful compounds? How much is absorbed by the food and by the body? What are considered dangerous levels? How quickly does the body process it vs how long it takes to absorb? There must be some truth to it as plastic container manufacturers are all doing BPA free products now, but how much is just scaremongering?
@@gwapod9885 he’s not wrong to ask these questions, they are both valid and relevant. I asked my husband who is a PhD in inorganic chemistry and is a specialist in material science with a focus on polymers - and these are the exact questions that matter and research is ongoing to answer them - there is no real general consensus yet. Telling someone else to “stop trying to do real science” is maybe the most ignorant statement I’ve heard on the internet, and that is saying a lot.
@@JuneHarriseco thank you for highly informative your reply. Do you think the people you cited will know these answers? If not, do you suppose that they will more generally know what exact things in their lifestyle, diet and or environment contributed to their conditions? And surely I'd have to ask my friends who don't suffer from such conditions also and cross-reference their answers to come to a more viable conclusion? Even then, I'd probably need to get a lot more friends to get enough responses to get a statistically reliable dataset. Hmm, this sounds like a lot of work, but you seem like a authority on such matters so I'll trust your suggestion June 👏 you gem 💎 On that note, will you be my friend to participate? You seem like you'd be a good candidate.
When I noticed that plastic microwave containers absorbed tomato sauce and couldn't wash it off, I realised that plastic was melting and probably going into the food. Switched to glass immediately
Its not because its melting the plastic.Tomato sauce and other substances can stain plastic containers. If you take something more abrasive like a scouring pad to it it will remove the tomato sauce.
Metal water bottle and glass cookware/storage containers will reduce this exposure significantly. I worked in a PVC plant as a chemist and she’s right. Plasticizers are not bound chemically to the PVC. They’re additives that specifically don’t bind to the polymers, so that the product is pliable and can be formed in different ways. Phthalates are often used as plasticizers, and they’re the suspected culprit for the decreased testosterone were seeing in the population today. But as she says, they’re not chemically bound, so they can and do leech out into your food and the environment. DIDP and DOP are 2 plasticizers we used in our analyses, which the industry uses in its end products. Needless to say, I’m proud to be out of that industry.
@@ULHIS The practice of placing your metal objects in a microwave oven is something I highly discourage due to the potential for adverse consequences you'll witness, which can be attributed to the fundamental principles of electromagnetic interactions and the physical properties of metals. Your microwave oven(s) operate by generating non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of approximately 2.45 GHz. When you put your metal objects are put inside and turned on then, they'll cause the microwaves to reflect and concentrate in certain areas, leading to localized hotspots in your microwave oven. This concentration of energy you have caused did induce electrical currents on the surface of the metal, a phenomenon known as arcing. Arcing occurs in your microwave oven when you had put metal in because metals are excellent conductors of electricity, and the high-frequency electromagnetic fields can create sparks and even small electrical discharges inside your microwave oven. The arcing and sparking generated by metal in in your microwave oven did lead to the formation of plasma, a state of matter characterized by the presence of ions and free electrons. This plasma can ignite nearby flammable materials, such as food residue of your filthy microwave ovens' interior components, posing a significant fire hazard, please don't do this anymore. In addition to the risk of fire you've caused, the arcing and sparking can also damage the microwave oven itself. The electrical discharges can erode your ovens' internal surfaces, compromise your magnetrons (the device that generates the microwaves), and potentially lead to a malfunction or complete failure of your appliances. The combination of arcing, sparking, and potential fire hazards makes it imperative for you to avoid placing metal objects in your microwave ovens. These events can result in physical harm, including burns from explosions or fires, and exposure to harmful electromagnetic radiation so, think twice before you do this again. The interaction between metal objects and the high-frequency electromagnetic fields in your microwave ovens creates a hazardous environment characterized by arcing, plasma formation, and a heightened risk of fire and appliance damage. Therefore, it is crucial to for you to adhere to safety guidelines and refrain from placing metal items in your microwave ovens.
Mine is glass with silicone but the ones I use manufacturer says no lids in microwave. The glass containers can be heated up in a conventional oven too not just microwave. Some people don't know chemistry as how heat and cold affect glass so if anyone is getting glass containers make sure to keep that in mind
Love this. That's what I've been saying all along. No matter what never, never. Here's my BIG TIP... NEVEREVER PURCHASE WATER at your local Safeway store who LEAVE THERE CRATES OF WATER OUT IN THE SUN FOR HOURS!! Especially in the Summer and that probably goes for all STORES. Years ago my Mom useto say the same thing about Crates of EGGS but I think they finally made that better and fixed that. Water and Containers should never be used. ❤🎉🎉😅 PLASTIC THAT IS
Not just that, but our clothes, sheets, office chairs, couches, blankets, mattresses, mattress toppers, heating blankets, rugs, carpets... are made of polyester and microfiber- types of plastic treated with chemicals. Right up against our skin, absorbing through our bodies, and breathing the off-gassing chemicals in the air daily. Unless you only use natural fibers like unbleached cotton, untreated bamboo, untreated wool, untreated silks, natural untreated real leather, or linen to decorate your home and clothe yourself and your family. Otherwise, we're all in the same boat with plastics and chemicals around us 24/7.
I quit using the microwave a decade ago, never used plastic to heat anything myself, but when at various friends home, I wasn't rude about it. I always cook & heat up food/drinks on the stove/oven/fire. 🍀🪶🐝
My grandma who can’t even read knew it was a no no to put plastic in a microwave when we first brought one in the early 1980s. People kept saying she was crazy 🤷♂️to worry
Glass containers are king. I made the switch years ago. A good brand is Ello they use high quality glass and their containers come with a silicone sleeve for easy handling in the microwave and are also oven safe
“Peel back lid, stir and replace lid. Cook for additional 3 minutes.” Those words have been printed in more things that I have consumed, than I could ever quantify. I love learning. It’s fine, I like this. This is fun 😐.
While deployed for a year, our only source of potable water came from plastic water bottles. Cases would be stacked high in a small wood structure with two walls and a roof. The sun would bake them for weeks before some of those cases were grabbed by individuals to take into their tent or CHU. We then cooled our super hot water bottles in our mini fridges so we could then drink it. Temperatures were 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and 105 degrees at night for months out of the year. Pretty sure we all drank a crap ton of plastic.
Thank god my father is an engineer that worked in food packaging. He would never ever let us microwave anything plastic. He made sure to stock up our house with ceramics and microwaveable glassware
I'm also in sales for food packaging. First I avoid all plastics in my house as much as possible. All wooden spoons NO plastic dishes. I don't even have a microwave at my home.
@@KatieKay-q1gI use old pyrex refrigerator dishes from antique stores (pricy unfortunately)and old pieces of CorningWare with Pyrex lids that I find at thrift shops. You can find lots of glass containers with lids at thrift stores. Knows glass containers before the 2000s came with a glass lid as well. They just started putting plastic on them after that.
You can taste the difference between a water bottle that was left in a cool environment versus one that has been in the sun/a hot area, and it’s not just that it’s warm, you can taste something plasticy (ik that’s not a word). Test it if you don’t believe me, I live in Texas where the sun can melt plastic btw, so idk if you’ll be able to taste the difference somewhere that doesn’t get as hot.
As an Aussie, I can also confirm. HOWEVER, I've also noticed the same taste with metal and glass bottles. That particular taste seems to have nothing to do with plastic from my experience.
Wait so its not about the microwave but about temperature. It's important to make the distinction. That means not eating or drinking anything hot from plastic. If you warm up the food in an oven you'd still have the same problem with the plastics.
my mom had to write a report back in the 80's or 90's about plastics and Styrofoam in the microwave for the canadian health department....nothing much became of it as the government did not warn consumers....but my family knew about it all along.
@@traaaaan that must have been it!..lol!...though she won awards too in the end...(skipping over the crappy harlequin romance novels stage of her 30's..ugh, that was embarrassing, though it bought the house in Ottawa)
@@joeshuge 1967 actually...affordable by late 1970's for residential use, and prices dropped rapidly during the 1980's...(1945 invented accidentally by self taught engineer named Percy Spencer who was leading a radar project for the defence giant, Raytheon) since you mentioned the history of them....but thanks for making me feel more old now..lmao!
from chatgpt: Yes, fats can dissolve certain chemicals in plastic. Many plastics contain additives like plasticizers, stabilizers, or residual monomers, which are lipophilic (fat-soluble). When fats come into contact with plastic, they can absorb these chemicals, especially at higher temperatures or with prolonged exposure. This is why it's important to use food-grade plastics for fatty foods.
I did not think about the water bottle in the car. I will admit that but it’s kind of funny. I don’t use my microwave. I hadn’t had one since I moved out for college and the only reason I have one now is that my husband wanted one. I went to culinary school. I don’t make as much as a lot of professionals but I’ve always cooked from scratch and just used left overs in another dish. Now I garden so I can even see what a lot of our daily produce is exposed to. I get really self conscious about being oblivious to a lot of things out there but farm to table is something I’ve studied and lived by for 15 years. I’m kind of proud of that.
Grand. Tell your husband to read a popcorn label with 2 columns. 1 for before micro, and 1 column for after. Salt reduces, fiber reduces, potassium reduces..... There is a complex chemical reaction happening, which is basically a mystery, and an brand new human experiment.
Asking as a serious question. What are your thoughts on typical shelf stable flour vs milling your own oat berries or wheat berries and using up that bread within a few days. Thank you.
The good thing is that there are regulations on the presence of phthalates and BPA in many food contact consumer products, and they are likely not present above legal limits in anything you buy from a reputable retailer. Now, sometimes manufacturers will play cat and mouse games with regulators by moving on to other, chemically similar substances that haven't been regulated.
So true. I working in at polyethylene plant for over 40 years, extruding plastic and adding additives for various end uses. Never ever cook anything in plastic containers. The carrier agent used in the process at the manufacturing plants is carcinogenic like benzine. When you heat the plastic , it leeches out into your food.
I am a retired appliance Man who specialized in microwave ovens. this is a load of crap. there are some plastics that tells you not to put it in there. but there are plenty other plastics that you're allowed to put in and it will not harm you whatsoever.
Polypropylene (PP) This plastic is often used for food storage containers and frozen meals, and is considered the safest plastic for microwaving. It's transparent to microwaves, doesn't absorb microwave energy, and has a high softening point. Containers made from polypropylene are often labeled with a #5.     Polyethylene terephthalate (PET/PETE) This plastic is safe to use in the microwave if it's labeled as microwave-safe.
No that is not what yhey are talking about. It is a maniputed lie. It is safe because it won’t melt. But it is not safe because it will bleach chemicals onto your food and air or water, as in the sample of a water bottle left in the heat. One on the most known carcinogen is DIOXINS. Be aware! Cancer may happen at any time to anyone.
Microwave radiatiom is irrelevant it's about the plastic leaching chemicals from being exposed to heat. That's why she gave the example of a water bottle in a car. BPA and phthalates are endocrine disruptors all the same. Microwave your food in plastic all day if you want a messed up endocrine system.
Right? Like if you stop and think it just doesn’t seem like a good move. It’s sad that people just believe it’s all good because a giant corporation said so.
Plastics that are microwave safe are mostly polypropylene or polyethylene based. These do not contain any plasticizers or BPA (which is a plasticizer). That does also apply for water bottles. So what she's says is incorrect. Who is she?
I worked in a polymer lab and did QC/QA. The ASTM and reg allows for marginal amounts of 'residuals' for bulk materials that are to be turned into food or medical devices, or what have you. .05% or 500ppm is the limit for food and like .01% for medical. The material will have MMA, toluene, and other really nasty solvents. The point is when you heat up plastic regardless of what it is...I'm using acrylic bc that's what I know, you will have a higher likelihood of off gasing some amount of solvents trapped in the material into your food. Never use plastic to heat anything, buy glass. Also chatgpt is trained on the astm and iso standards so if you're ever like is this bad just send the prompt and do some quick research.
500 ppm is really not that much ive inhaled more toluene and MMA in 3 months than i will ever in my life time consume via food regardless of its containers and considering the toxicological data it still wont do me any measurable harm
@@maxrockatansky3896 this is a complete substanceless question because 500 ppm is as you most likely know a relative quantity. So 500ppm of what? Also as you most likely know not only aren't these 500 ppm absorbed by the content of the container in any high percentage neither is the absorbed amount of the content fully absorbed if ingested... So its just a tiny bit of these 500 ppm residue we would absorb in the absolute worst case. And still toluene is by far not one of the worst or even worse solvents we use (e.g. THF) Ps toluene is immiscible with water so you wont even consume it in traceable amounts with most liquids we store in food grad containers
Yes, they do come in plastic and I don't eat them. I moved to glass containers for my food and water bottle. The initial investment was the only inconvenience.
How often do you gotta buy water? Can’t get a bottle for reuse to carry around or buy Perrier or something in a tin? 30 years ago any liquids in plastics were rare and plastic from petroleum byproducts was used in something else. RFK Jr will fix it! He said so 💪🏼 MAHA USA
I dated a man that didnt have a microwave and I had moved in with him. I just adapted and we broke up but I just never have used a microwave again. Its not hard to live without one. Just takes a little longer to warm things
The microwave is not the issue, a microwave just heats water in food, it's no different to any other cooking method. The issue is plastic, but it's massively overblown. Chewing gum has plastics printed in the ingredients. In-organic matter isn't absorbed by the gut. BPAs show some evidence of absorption into the body, but all "food-safe" plastic is BPA-free these days.
Most other heating methods inherently prevent the use of plastic containers, because they heat the container to heat the contents by conduction. You can't get the food hot enough without destroying the functionality of a plastic container.
I've eliminated plastic from my house about 6 months ago. Best decision. The water bottles i buy at Walmart i run through a filter and store them in mason jars, which i drink my water from. Food storage containers I've upgraded to all glass pryrex. Ceramic and glass plates only. No more cheap 50 cent Walmart plastic plates and no nonstick pans.
At lunch I reused dollar store plastic containers to heat up my food; I am not going to grab a plate all the time as that's not convenient for me. But now I will change, but at the same time we must not eat out at restaurants or commercial places that don’t have extra precautions.
@@jasperdodge6312 in North America, water travels under ground, which is about 60F at most. Often, much colder. Chemically speaking, that is pretty cool. It's not hot enough to increase the solubility of water to any great extent, generally speaking.
Im 46yo and I literaly grew up in my dad's restaurant. I have NEVER heard anybody say that you shouldn't put plastic in a microwave for THIS reason. I don't think anybody I know, knows this..
@@AJ197-le6zy Why are you commenting this on multiple comments? She explained it in baby language so that even the simple-minded could understand. Temperature is a catalyst for most denaturing chemical reactions. That's why we cook on a stove and not in a fridge.
@@Mew__ For precisely the reason you are demonstrating. The fact some entirely insignicant amount of plastic may leach during heating is no reason not to put plastic in the microwave, and there is absolutely no data that correlates this with any risk to your health. You have been dazzled by ‘smart lady says smart stuff’, but all this video is doing is fear mongering. Unless you have access to some data no one else does?
@@Mew__Also not sure why you think ‘This is why we cook on a stove not in a fridge’ is some kind of triumphant observation. We cook on a stove because a fridge would not heat our food. That says absolutely nothing about whether or not heating plastic in a microwave is safe or not.
@@AJ197-le6zy The point is that many reactions are endothermic and that matter becomes more fluid the hotter it is made. In other words: higher temperature promotes leaching. Some plastics are thermo-hardening, but it is ridiculous to claim that this holds for all plastics (especially those used for packaging food items). There's nothing ascientific about pointing out that temperature leads to leaching.
P A R N O I A, our word is made from plastic, there is a ton of chemicals used on plants, water purification etc. Trying to avoid them all is pointless
Good reasoning. No fuzz and magic talk about radiation and frequencies. Just the simple explanation that these solvents will leach from the plastic when heated. Here in Europe the label says you should put the food on a plate first and then heat it in the microwave. Maybe it is to cautious, but I'm not going to be a test subject.
@@outspoken117 Here in Belgium the numbers indicate the toxicity. Number 1 is for example the most toxic, but only toxic if heated. Water bottles are number 1. You should never leave water bottles in your car on a hot summer day, that is when the toxicity gets released.
I feel this way about Air Fryers too. I am sticking with the stainless steel pan, the main oven and the ceramic slow cooker. When we threw out our old microwave we never replaced it. Haven't missed it. Apart from safety we have more counter space!
I was wondering if any air fryers are okay from a plastic exposure perspective. But looks like all use lots of plastic inside where it's heating up food.
All bottled water is transported in a regular trailer, not a refrigerated refer container. That means the bottle water has already been in a hot environment, so you're purchasing contaminated water or whatever drink is purchased in a plastic bottle.
Came here to comment this. If you drank that stuff, check your T-levels man. And tell every deployed dude you know to do the same. Not to TMI you, but I promise you that stuff killed my Testosterone (and I know multiple combat vets in the same boat). I'm now permanently on medication if I ever hope to keep having kids.
I almost exclusively drink water from plastic bottles, my T is low. You think that could be why? My brother's is too so I thought it's probably hereditary but who knows@@JakeRagnarok-wn9bg
When I was very young I used to play with hot wheels and other toy cars and I’d put them in the microwave because they would start cracking sparks off like crazy. I was imitating the way cars would blow up in those 80s action movies 😂 I was always a hazard growing up. One time I emptied a bottle of acetone on my kitchen floor and lit it just to see what would happen. The entire room engulfed in flames, I sustained some burns and my mum had the scare of her life but luckily the floor wasn’t flammable and it was a big space so after a while the fire went out. Fun fact, poking your finger into a switched on light socket zaps you exactly how it’s portrayed in cartoons. In an instant you jolt back as if a firework had blown up in your hand and your entire body feels a sharp burning sensation along with an excruciating buzzing convulsion that all lasts less than a second but leaves you in a state of shock from the intense rapid pain that also lingers. Almost like a painful numbness, like the body doesn’t know how to process what just happened
Well you will be fine with metals as long as its far away from the inner walls. I put a spoon in milky drinks when i warm them. It should never touch anything in the microwave @@DreadHalfling9
Probably has more to do with their lack of exercise and obesity haha. Here's the thing because we know nothing about the real effects of this best to not cook and use plastics but the truth of the matter is one we don't know exact leakage rates they probably aren't high and chances are they are below the levels the body can deal with so long term if that's the case your fine if your not super heating all the plastics you eat with. As for micro/nano plastics those definately exist and we have data how the rates issues is with all our best efforts we can't find any correlation with micro plastics causing health issue just idea we haven't been able to prove. Ultimately, out of uncertainty should just be safe with it but everything abobut this topic today is mostly just fear mongering
So, this happens every single day during the summer. Water bottles, in your car, that can get up to well above 100 degrees. Impossible to avoid that scenario and others like that.
The major risk for microplastics is the dust given off from car tires. That stuff is everywhere. Reheating leftovers in tupperware is not that big of a concern.
But a microwave is not a heated environment. It's not an oven. The plastic doesn't get heated up, only the food inside it does due to its water content. The plastic does get heated up by the hot food of course, but that raises the question if and how many BPAs actually get released by this.
My dad died of pancreatic cancer at a young age and he did that all the time heated things up in plastic tupaware bowls with plastic lids. They’d be condensating when you took them out. I wonder if this could’ve caused his cancer
The convenience stores here (Texas) store their cases outside in the summer, sun shining on them. Horrble all the things we are exposed knowingly and unknowingly
I think a problem many people tend to glance over is the effects of BPA, or any plastics for the most part, on endocrine pathways and epigenetic alterations. Sure, plastics can cause cancers or other issues in one individual in one lifetime; however, research is showing that the effects of microplastics and other compounds are being inherited among multiple generations, sometimes compounding in nature (disregulation of genes and therefore possible health issues - infertility, cancers, etc. - through epigenetic modification). TLDR: Plastics can change your genes and be inherited by your kids and their kids and so on.
I remember being very young (probably around 7-8), watching a news story about eating out of microwave plastic containers. The way the story was framed and the questions were asked, I knew not to do that.
All water bottles are transported in trucks and cargo ships that are not refrigerated, so all water bottles have sit in a hot truck or shipping container for a long period of time, especially the ones bottled over seas
I took her advice. I switched out all my plastic to glass and ceramic. Then I started smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day. I'm glad that i made the healthy choices she is promoting.
The thing that frustrates me is there is a great alternative that is microwavable; hemp. You can make disposable containers that biodegrade out of hemp but nobody's doing it.
Fact is that no one can buy any food, produce, fruit, vegetables or any type of drinks today that hasn’t been touched plastic either at harvest, sorting, production, processing, packaging, transport, etc.
Family thought I was nuts years and years ago. I only use cast iron, ceramic, glass. Not even for hot drinks in any plastics. You can put exterior rubber covers on glass or ceramic. Glass baby bottles, water bottles we only use glass. Spring water in the green glass.
Bisphenols are never used in HDPE. Just use HDPE if you're heating plastic and food together. PETE, PS, and PP are food safe but often not suitable for hot beverages. PLA is food safe but will soften with heat. PVC and other plastics are not food safe at all. Phthalates are in most plastic types, more dangerous than bisphenols, and leach under all conditions. The more dangerous ones have been banned, now.
My god, thank you for saying the chemistry. Its because you are softening the plastic with heat and releasing unbound polymers. It has nothing to do with the microwave, in fact all that does is heat the polar molecules in the food such as water.
some people mistaken that food safe plastic wrappers are safe tends to heat or boil food in them. It’s the same thing and it’s definitely unsafe either way!
Im fucked.
I just felt my cancer grow more
😂😂😂
Same
Not alone
We all are! Look up Rhonda Patrick talking about broccoli sprouts on cleaning plastics from your body,
Operator at a plastics factory here. Most containers that say they are microwave safe should also say BPA free. We don’t use BPAs in our plastics but that being said I’m pretty sure my body is 50% microplastics now and I’m probably not long for this world. Use glass or ceramics.
If you’re 50% plastic you are staying here for a loooong time😅
@@XxbankerboomxX too true 😂
Thank you for sharing your experience
Yeah and other plastics might not be as toxic as bpa but are far from inert
There are other, equally as dangerous bisphenols other than BisPhenol-A(BPA)
Thanks! Now ill just go back in time and tell myself to expect cancer
Cancer? Nono expect your sperm to be 33% less effective. Now if that doesn't scare you, imagine if you have a boy. That kid will have 66% less effective sperm. So.. Do you think it'll stop in the next generation if we continue this way?
No, it'll be 99%
It's more likely to interfere
with your testosterone production
that it is to give you cancer...
Sincerely, a guy with VERY low T...
Start taking Essiac tea now
Weeeeeeelll u can blame your folks
Essiac is a herbal tea promoted as an alternative treatment for cancer and other illnesses. There is no evidence it is beneficial to health. In a number of studies Essiac either showed no action against cancer cells, or actually increased the rate of cancer growth
Been doing it for around 30 years but thanks for telling us how.
And yet you are still with us.
Eh, rub some dirt on it and walk it off.
It's been told to you for 30 years you just never listened
@@roelejLol 80's kids
You’re probably alright. I only want to hear her dietary advice so I can do the opposite. She doesn’t exactly look like the paragon of health.
If I die from BPAs I’ve had an easy life
New research is linking plastics in the brain to Alzheimer’s.
That's a good point actually
Based
😂😂😂😂😂
Ikr?!
Context is important. What are the figures? How much BPA is leaked from a plastic container in a typical cooking cycle? How much breaks down into less harmful compounds? How much is absorbed by the food and by the body? What are considered dangerous levels? How quickly does the body process it vs how long it takes to absorb?
There must be some truth to it as plastic container manufacturers are all doing BPA free products now, but how much is just scaremongering?
Stop trying to do real science. 😂
@@gwapod9885 he’s not wrong to ask these questions, they are both valid and relevant. I asked my husband who is a PhD in inorganic chemistry and is a specialist in material science with a focus on polymers - and these are the exact questions that matter and research is ongoing to answer them - there is no real general consensus yet. Telling someone else to “stop trying to do real science” is maybe the most ignorant statement I’ve heard on the internet, and that is saying a lot.
@@CaGirl93003he was joking luv
@@CaGirl93003your chemistry husband doesn't know Jack about health
@@JuneHarriseco thank you for highly informative your reply. Do you think the people you cited will know these answers? If not, do you suppose that they will more generally know what exact things in their lifestyle, diet and or environment contributed to their conditions? And surely I'd have to ask my friends who don't suffer from such conditions also and cross-reference their answers to come to a more viable conclusion? Even then, I'd probably need to get a lot more friends to get enough responses to get a statistically reliable dataset. Hmm, this sounds like a lot of work, but you seem like a authority on such matters so I'll trust your suggestion June 👏 you gem 💎
On that note, will you be my friend to participate? You seem like you'd be a good candidate.
It’s called LEACHING
glass only
Yes, leaded glass....
Or steel.
Or stainless steel
Ceramics.
All my glass containers have plastic lids
When I noticed that plastic microwave containers absorbed tomato sauce and couldn't wash it off, I realised that plastic was melting and probably going into the food. Switched to glass immediately
Its not because its melting the plastic.Tomato sauce and other substances can stain plastic containers. If you take something more abrasive like a scouring pad to it it will remove the tomato sauce.
@Josiahsutton1 na man, I've tried everything to clean those things. It's like it's fused with the plastic. Only happens with plastic, not glass
@@philmcgroin thats because it stains the plastic lol
@@waveril5167 define stain
Guys out here are trying to argue that plastic doesn't seep out chemicals when you heat it up
Metal water bottle and glass cookware/storage containers will reduce this exposure significantly. I worked in a PVC plant as a chemist and she’s right. Plasticizers are not bound chemically to the PVC. They’re additives that specifically don’t bind to the polymers, so that the product is pliable and can be formed in different ways. Phthalates are often used as plasticizers, and they’re the suspected culprit for the decreased testosterone were seeing in the population today. But as she says, they’re not chemically bound, so they can and do leech out into your food and the environment. DIDP and DOP are 2 plasticizers we used in our analyses, which the industry uses in its end products.
Needless to say, I’m proud to be out of that industry.
Don't put metal in microwave.
@@a110100get rid of the bloody microwave, dude.
@@ULHIS the microwave is doing nothing bad, the problems are in the plastic
@@ULHIS The practice of placing your metal objects in a microwave oven is something I highly discourage due to the potential for adverse consequences you'll witness, which can be attributed to the fundamental principles of electromagnetic interactions and the physical properties of metals. Your microwave oven(s) operate by generating non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of approximately 2.45 GHz. When you put your metal objects are put inside and turned on then, they'll cause the microwaves to reflect and concentrate in certain areas, leading to localized hotspots in your microwave oven. This concentration of energy you have caused did induce electrical currents on the surface of the metal, a phenomenon known as arcing. Arcing occurs in your microwave oven when you had put metal in because metals are excellent conductors of electricity, and the high-frequency electromagnetic fields can create sparks and even small electrical discharges inside your microwave oven. The arcing and sparking generated by metal in in your microwave oven did lead to the formation of plasma, a state of matter characterized by the presence of ions and free electrons. This plasma can ignite nearby flammable materials, such as food residue of your filthy microwave ovens' interior components, posing a significant fire hazard, please don't do this anymore. In addition to the risk of fire you've caused, the arcing and sparking can also damage the microwave oven itself. The electrical discharges can erode your ovens' internal surfaces, compromise your magnetrons (the device that generates the microwaves), and potentially lead to a malfunction or complete failure of your appliances. The combination of arcing, sparking, and potential fire hazards makes it imperative for you to avoid placing metal objects in your microwave ovens. These events can result in physical harm, including burns from explosions or fires, and exposure to harmful electromagnetic radiation so, think twice before you do this again. The interaction between metal objects and the high-frequency electromagnetic fields in your microwave ovens creates a hazardous environment characterized by arcing, plasma formation, and a heightened risk of fire and appliance damage. Therefore, it is crucial to for you to adhere to safety guidelines and refrain from placing metal items in your microwave ovens.
He never said put metal in the microwave.
I switched to glass and honestly it warms my food up evenly in the microwave. Lids seal really well. So easy to clean.
what is the lid made out of?
Mine is glass with silicone but the ones I use manufacturer says no lids in microwave. The glass containers can be heated up in a conventional oven too not just microwave. Some people don't know chemistry as how heat and cold affect glass so if anyone is getting glass containers make sure to keep that in mind
you have microglass in your food, thats even worse
😂@@triger1
@@triger1microwaves are dangerous no matter what we use 🚫 Agree 👍🏽
Thank you, Mom! Thought you were crazy for all your rules 20 years ago. Turns out you were right about almost all of it.
Says who?
Probably all of it!😊
Mom is always right.
Same with my mum too. She still says it to this day but nobody listens to her because she's an ''uneducated immigrant housewife"
So your mom told you to never put plastic in the microwave? :/
Love this. That's what I've been saying all along. No matter what never, never.
Here's my BIG TIP... NEVEREVER PURCHASE WATER at your local Safeway store who LEAVE THERE CRATES OF WATER OUT IN THE SUN FOR HOURS!! Especially in the Summer and that probably goes for all STORES. Years ago my Mom useto say the same thing about Crates of EGGS but I think they finally made that better and fixed that. Water and Containers should never be used. ❤🎉🎉😅 PLASTIC THAT IS
Also during transportation in trucks.
So glad Im covering my food with a plastic lid that prevents splashing the whole microwave with tomato sauce but poisons my food at the same time.
Lids would be mostly fine i reckon, it would need direct contact with the food to dissolve
@@devilsolution9781the steam would bead off an go into the food i would guess
I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
😂same😂
Just use a paper towel lol
I stopped heating up plastic in the microwave quite a while ago, but I didn't even think about my water bottle in the car!
Not just that, but our clothes, sheets, office chairs, couches, blankets, mattresses, mattress toppers, heating blankets, rugs, carpets... are made of polyester and microfiber- types of plastic treated with chemicals. Right up against our skin, absorbing through our bodies, and breathing the off-gassing chemicals in the air daily.
Unless you only use natural fibers like unbleached cotton, untreated bamboo, untreated wool, untreated silks, natural untreated real leather, or linen to decorate your home and clothe yourself and your family. Otherwise, we're all in the same boat with plastics and chemicals around us 24/7.
@@bodyofhopeEating microplastics is another level of danger.
Microwaving food with plastic containers is 💀
I only wear cotton
Im so glad we both had common sense! Haha. Like how can that be okay?
You know you are eating a whole credit card a week in microplastic right? Don't fear the microwave xD
I quit using the microwave a decade ago, never used plastic to heat anything myself, but when at various friends home, I wasn't rude about it. I always cook & heat up food/drinks on the stove/oven/fire. 🍀🪶🐝
Blessed my mother taught me this as a youth.. this should be taught in schools
Or it's not because it's bullshit.
Just because you were taught something doesn't mean it is true
My grandma who can’t even read knew it was a no no to put plastic in a microwave when we first brought one in the early 1980s.
People kept saying she was crazy 🤷♂️to worry
True. Most of the teenagers n kids do this unknowingly
Shouldn’t need to be- they need to be banned
Glass containers are king. I made the switch years ago. A good brand is Ello they use high quality glass and their containers come with a silicone sleeve for easy handling in the microwave and are also oven safe
Solid advice if this was 15 years ago when companies still used BPAs in “microwave safe” products
BPA is synthetic estrogen. See what has happened to the population?
The car example is a good one...people forget that in a hot car the plastics in the car off gas. Open your windows when you get in a hot car.
The whole interior of my car is plastic. Makes me wonder if new car smell is really just plastic off gas
No my first instinct in a hot car is to seal all openings and enjoy the suffocating sauna
@Uberlord001 It absolutely is off gas. Thats why it slowly goes away.
I know! I didn’t think of that!
“Peel back lid, stir and replace lid. Cook for additional 3 minutes.”
Those words have been printed in more things that I have consumed, than I could ever quantify. I love learning. It’s fine, I like this. This is fun 😐.
You shouldn’t be eating those kind of foods anyway. The food itself if far worse than the container.
@
Yeah, I’ll go tell my past, unhealthy, younger self that.
Good talk, super-chief.
That’s fine now you know now you can grow :)
I didn't even think about those kinds of foods 😭 called myself safe using glass Tupperware mannnn
@@90daydifferenceimagine telling people what they can and can’t eat. Get off your high horse.
While deployed for a year, our only source of potable water came from plastic water bottles. Cases would be stacked high in a small wood structure with two walls and a roof. The sun would bake them for weeks before some of those cases were grabbed by individuals to take into their tent or CHU. We then cooled our super hot water bottles in our mini fridges so we could then drink it.
Temperatures were 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and 105 degrees at night for months out of the year.
Pretty sure we all drank a crap ton of plastic.
Exactly
Thank god my father is an engineer that worked in food packaging. He would never ever let us microwave anything plastic. He made sure to stock up our house with ceramics and microwaveable glassware
I'm also in sales for food packaging. First I avoid all plastics in my house as much as possible. All wooden spoons NO plastic dishes. I don't even have a microwave at my home.
What about plastic lids on glass containers in the microwave? Or cling wrap? How do you hold the steam in?
@@KatieKay-q1gThrow a ceramic or glass plate on top of the container or bowl.
@@KatieKay-q1gI use old pyrex refrigerator dishes from antique stores (pricy unfortunately)and old pieces of CorningWare with Pyrex lids that I find at thrift shops. You can find lots of glass containers with lids at thrift stores. Knows glass containers before the 2000s came with a glass lid as well. They just started putting plastic on them after that.
Great, so you lived a life exactly like mine, putting plastic in microwave in a regular basis.
Stop believing everything you see in social media.
You can taste the difference between a water bottle that was left in a cool environment versus one that has been in the sun/a hot area, and it’s not just that it’s warm, you can taste something plasticy (ik that’s not a word). Test it if you don’t believe me, I live in Texas where the sun can melt plastic btw, so idk if you’ll be able to taste the difference somewhere that doesn’t get as hot.
True
As an Aussie, I can also confirm.
HOWEVER, I've also noticed the same taste with metal and glass bottles.
That particular taste seems to have nothing to do with plastic from my experience.
The last few sips out of a plastic bottle taste absolutely disgusting
You're right one of the reasons I bought a glass bottle from IKEA stuff just tastes "right"
It's the UV light from the sun that degrades the plastic more than heat.
Thanks for letting us know in a timely fashion
People been saying this stuff for decades. They’re usually labeled as wing nut foil hat conspiracy theorists.
😂
Wait so its not about the microwave but about temperature. It's important to make the distinction. That means not eating or drinking anything hot from plastic.
If you warm up the food in an oven you'd still have the same problem with the plastics.
my mom had to write a report back in the 80's or 90's about plastics and Styrofoam in the microwave for the canadian health department....nothing much became of it as the government did not warn consumers....but my family knew about it all along.
Maybe she was a bad writer
@@traaaaan that must have been it!..lol!...though she won awards too in the end...(skipping over the crappy harlequin romance novels stage of her 30's..ugh, that was embarrassing, though it bought the house in Ottawa)
Ugh
@ResPieces this wasn't even a thing in the 80s 90s
@@joeshuge 1967 actually...affordable by late 1970's for residential use, and prices dropped rapidly during the 1980's...(1945 invented accidentally by self taught engineer named Percy Spencer who was leading a radar project for the defence giant, Raytheon) since you mentioned the history of them....but thanks for making me feel more old now..lmao!
Fat dissolves chemicals from plastic even when not heated. Sausage, ham, cheese packed in plastic… all comes with an extra dose of chemicals.
from chatgpt: Yes, fats can dissolve certain chemicals in plastic. Many plastics contain additives like plasticizers, stabilizers, or residual monomers, which are lipophilic (fat-soluble). When fats come into contact with plastic, they can absorb these chemicals, especially at higher temperatures or with prolonged exposure. This is why it's important to use food-grade plastics for fatty foods.
And damn OILS! Packed in plastic bottles.
@talkativeacademy4528 Don't use seed oils aka vegetable oils aka machine lubricants.
@@talkativeacademy4528 it's almost like you didn't read the part about food grade plastic.
Sausage is in casing though and can be washed
Yard sales and thrift stores are excellent sources of vintage PYREX glass storage containers. Old Corning Ware is good too.
I did not think about the water bottle in the car. I will admit that but it’s kind of funny. I don’t use my microwave. I hadn’t had one since I moved out for college and the only reason I have one now is that my husband wanted one. I went to culinary school. I don’t make as much as a lot of professionals but I’ve always cooked from scratch and just used left overs in another dish. Now I garden so I can even see what a lot of our daily produce is exposed to.
I get really self conscious about being oblivious to a lot of things out there but farm to table is something I’ve studied and lived by for 15 years. I’m kind of proud of that.
What about all the storage facilities for water bottles that don't really care for heat sources 😐
Grand. Tell your husband to read a popcorn label with 2 columns. 1 for before micro, and 1 column for after.
Salt reduces, fiber reduces, potassium reduces.....
There is a complex chemical reaction happening, which is basically a mystery, and an brand new human experiment.
Good for you!
Humble brag ^^
Asking as a serious question. What are your thoughts on typical shelf stable flour vs milling your own oat berries or wheat berries and using up that bread within a few days. Thank you.
If the bad chemicals go into the food, does that mean i can safely eat the plastic container?
I believe so.
Damn, brilliant comment😂
Hahaha!😅
The good thing is that there are regulations on the presence of phthalates and BPA in many food contact consumer products, and they are likely not present above legal limits in anything you buy from a reputable retailer.
Now, sometimes manufacturers will play cat and mouse games with regulators by moving on to other, chemically similar substances that haven't been regulated.
So true. I working in at polyethylene plant for over 40 years, extruding plastic and adding additives for various end uses. Never ever cook anything in plastic containers. The carrier agent used in the process at the manufacturing plants is carcinogenic like benzine. When you heat the plastic , it leeches out into your food.
You can get glass containers, for people wandering, and you're golden !
Well... turns out I've been eating plastic for decades.
Me too...oops
Your body will adapt don’t worry
Yep that's me. I have used the microwave since I was 6 years old with plastic containers. I'm 36
Same here.
Will probably continue that practice indefinitely as well.
Me too...and I think I'm ok😊
I have microwaved plastic in years thanks to her!!! Finally got my husband on board about a year ago.
Check your words and your spelling before you push the send button !
you mean you "haven't"?
I am a retired appliance Man who specialized in microwave ovens. this is a load of crap. there are some plastics that tells you not to put it in there. but there are plenty other plastics that you're allowed to put in and it will not harm you whatsoever.
My microwave broke over a year ago. I've quickly realized how much it's not needed...at all
You must be vegan surprised you didn't just blurt it out like y'all always do
@@Ephwerd2yurmotherI’m not vegan and I don’t need a microwave.
Mine is half broke , old and dirty, it's going to the junkyard and won't be replaced, thanks for the idea
Polypropylene (PP)
This plastic is often used for food storage containers and frozen meals, and is considered the safest plastic for microwaving. It's transparent to microwaves, doesn't absorb microwave energy, and has a high softening point. Containers made from polypropylene are often labeled with a #5.




Polyethylene terephthalate (PET/PETE)
This plastic is safe to use in the microwave if it's labeled as microwave-safe.
No that is not what yhey are talking about. It is a maniputed lie. It is safe because it won’t melt. But it is not safe because it will bleach chemicals onto your food and air or water, as in the sample of a water bottle left in the heat. One on the most known carcinogen is DIOXINS. Be aware! Cancer may happen at any time to anyone.
Microwave radiatiom is irrelevant it's about the plastic leaching chemicals from being exposed to heat. That's why she gave the example of a water bottle in a car. BPA and phthalates are endocrine disruptors all the same. Microwave your food in plastic all day if you want a messed up endocrine system.
I have always instinctively known this and never heated anything in plastic. When the BPA knowledge came out I knew it wouldn’t stop there.
Me, too.
Right? Like if you stop and think it just doesn’t seem like a good move. It’s sad that people just believe it’s all good because a giant corporation said so.
My wife went one step further and we don't use Microwave at all
Sure
Plastics that are microwave safe are mostly polypropylene or polyethylene based. These do not contain any plasticizers or BPA (which is a plasticizer). That does also apply for water bottles. So what she's says is incorrect. Who is she?
I worked in a polymer lab and did QC/QA. The ASTM and reg allows for marginal amounts of 'residuals' for bulk materials that are to be turned into food or medical devices, or what have you. .05% or 500ppm is the limit for food and like .01% for medical. The material will have MMA, toluene, and other really nasty solvents. The point is when you heat up plastic regardless of what it is...I'm using acrylic bc that's what I know, you will have a higher likelihood of off gasing some amount of solvents trapped in the material into your food. Never use plastic to heat anything, buy glass.
Also chatgpt is trained on the astm and iso standards so if you're ever like is this bad just send the prompt and do some quick research.
500 ppm is really not that much ive inhaled more toluene and MMA in 3 months than i will ever in my life time consume via food regardless of its containers and considering the toxicological data it still wont do me any measurable harm
@ml14056 If given the choice to ingest 500 ppm of toluene, would you do it? Rhetorical question bc honest idc.
@@maxrockatansky3896 this is a complete substanceless question because 500 ppm is as you most likely know a relative quantity. So 500ppm of what? Also as you most likely know not only aren't these 500 ppm absorbed by the content of the container in any high percentage neither is the absorbed amount of the content fully absorbed if ingested... So its just a tiny bit of these 500 ppm residue we would absorb in the absolute worst case. And still toluene is by far not one of the worst or even worse solvents we use (e.g. THF)
Ps toluene is immiscible with water so you wont even consume it in traceable amounts with most liquids we store in food grad containers
Don't a lot of TV dinner type foods come in plastic trays? Are those any different? I also wonder about the foam take-a-way boxes.
Same thing with to go boxes. Hot food melts them, then you eat the chemicals
Yes, they do come in plastic and I don't eat them. I moved to glass containers for my food and water bottle. The initial investment was the only inconvenience.
Cheapest containers all from one country. At least it's not tested on animals. Because it's not tested at all!
At a dollar a pop I'm not really sure health came to mind when making them😂
Yeah they do. I'm sure you've heard about the poison too right?
Always wonder when I buy bottled water at the store how long it sat in the heat we all know that happens right
i wonder the exact same thing, what are the alternatives except tap water
@@djamilawilschke7259 the alternatives are water packed in glass and metal.
How often do you gotta buy water? Can’t get a bottle for reuse to carry around or buy Perrier or something in a tin? 30 years ago any liquids in plastics were rare and plastic from petroleum byproducts was used in something else. RFK Jr will fix it! He said so 💪🏼 MAHA USA
Wondered that too! Like when bottles of water are being transported in a shiny semi trailer across the country.
@@lorrainecobaugh3822 which are both just fine. The body processes metals and minerals. It even requires some.
Wonderful to see Dr. Swan, I can't miss this podcast
Well all those plastic containers that frozen food comes in make this awkward
I dated a man that didnt have a microwave and I had moved in with him. I just adapted and we broke up but I just never have used a microwave again. Its not hard to live without one. Just takes a little longer to warm things
The microwave is not the issue, a microwave just heats water in food, it's no different to any other cooking method.
The issue is plastic, but it's massively overblown.
Chewing gum has plastics printed in the ingredients. In-organic matter isn't absorbed by the gut.
BPAs show some evidence of absorption into the body, but all "food-safe" plastic is BPA-free these days.
Most other heating methods inherently prevent the use of plastic containers, because they heat the container to heat the contents by conduction. You can't get the food hot enough without destroying the functionality of a plastic container.
Great video, I now use all Pyrex glass containers for storage. And actually don’t even own a microwave. I warm on the stove if needed .
The microwave itself isnt a problem in any way, it basically just vibrates the water molecules to make them hot
@icebreaker554 I know, but I just choose not to have one.
@icebreaker554 yeah, it vibrates the molecules... via microwave radiation.
@@newday2637 thats fair enough 👍
I threw out all my plastic containers
Meanwhile fritters street vendors in my country: "aight, Imma add plastic as well to the frying oil"
I’ve just updated my life insurance policy. 💀
I've eliminated plastic from my house about 6 months ago. Best decision. The water bottles i buy at Walmart i run through a filter and store them in mason jars, which i drink my water from. Food storage containers I've upgraded to all glass pryrex. Ceramic and glass plates only. No more cheap 50 cent Walmart plastic plates and no nonstick pans.
Pouring bottled water into a filter is so fried dude.. just put a filter on your tap
At lunch I reused dollar store plastic containers to heat up my food; I am not going to grab a plate all the time as that's not convenient for me. But now I will change, but at the same time we must not eat out at restaurants or commercial places that don’t have extra precautions.
@@luccianoblock5127 speaking from the inside of restaurant they all use plastic were cooked
@@ronnie7100 Exactly! So don’t eat out much; that is if you want to live past 50 and be much healthier than everyone else.
@luccianoblock5127 I'm sure that dollar store container is the worst considering how cheap it is.
I wish my mom would listen 😢 already lost my dad to cancer....
@@ktyhstn OMGOSH SAME ❣️
💞 @@shauna2285
What of those HDPE pipes used to supply water to our houses? Are they also leaching dangerous toxins into the water we drink?
Not as much as PVC. Plus, water is cold. I go copper to PEX.
Yes, PVC, PEX and all other incoming plastic pipes are bad. Especially, the hot water.
Also, chlorine from bleach breaks up PVC even more.
Water is cold? Lol dogs are brown too
@@jasperdodge6312 in North America, water travels under ground, which is about 60F at most. Often, much colder. Chemically speaking, that is pretty cool. It's not hot enough to increase the solubility of water to any great extent, generally speaking.
Most restaurants use a re-thermalizer which is basically a big boiling water box which boils plastic bags with your frozen food inside until its hot
My father taught me to never heat plastic back in the 90's... this should be common sense.
My grandpa taught my father to never heat plastic in the 80s, even thouugh plastic is made with heat originally 🔥
Should be. But corruption and greed and great marketing and a total lack of transparency means it isn’t.
Im 46yo and I literaly grew up in my dad's restaurant. I have NEVER heard anybody say that you shouldn't put plastic in a microwave for THIS reason.
I don't think anybody I know, knows this..
It isn’t true, it is just ascientific waffle
@@AJ197-le6zy Why are you commenting this on multiple comments? She explained it in baby language so that even the simple-minded could understand. Temperature is a catalyst for most denaturing chemical reactions. That's why we cook on a stove and not in a fridge.
@@Mew__ For precisely the reason you are demonstrating. The fact some entirely insignicant amount of plastic may leach during heating is no reason not to put plastic in the microwave, and there is absolutely no data that correlates this with any risk to your health. You have been dazzled by ‘smart lady says smart stuff’, but all this video is doing is fear mongering. Unless you have access to some data no one else does?
@@Mew__Also not sure why you think ‘This is why we cook on a stove not in a fridge’ is some kind of triumphant observation. We cook on a stove because a fridge would not heat our food. That says absolutely nothing about whether or not heating plastic in a microwave is safe or not.
@@AJ197-le6zy The point is that many reactions are endothermic and that matter becomes more fluid the hotter it is made. In other words: higher temperature promotes leaching. Some plastics are thermo-hardening, but it is ridiculous to claim that this holds for all plastics (especially those used for packaging food items). There's nothing ascientific about pointing out that temperature leads to leaching.
What about washing plastic containers in a dishwasher? Is it safe if there's other pieces of kitchen ware along with them?
Use a second rinse, but not heated.
Start using glass containers immediately.
P A R N O I A, our word is made from plastic, there is a ton of chemicals used on plants, water purification etc. Trying to avoid them all is pointless
Good reasoning. No fuzz and magic talk about radiation and frequencies. Just the simple explanation that these solvents will leach from the plastic when heated.
Here in Europe the label says you should put the food on a plate first and then heat it in the microwave. Maybe it is to cautious, but I'm not going to be a test subject.
The only way we currently know how to cleanse the body of forever chemicals is to donate blood plasma once a month for minimum of 1 year.
Yeah, donate your blood plastic to someone else
@ That's not how it works 😅
Does that mean others get our plasticized plasma?
@@kathleengainor8532 No
I wanna hear more from Dr. Swan.
That is why we have numbers on the plastic that tells you which toxicity it is and if you can or cannot put it in the microwave.
That’s… still not a good idea?
The numbers on the plastic are their recycling grouping. You can't mix polymers when recycling.
@@outspoken117 Here in Belgium the numbers indicate the toxicity. Number 1 is for example the most toxic, but only toxic if heated. Water bottles are number 1. You should never leave water bottles in your car on a hot summer day, that is when the toxicity gets released.
I have wondered about that for years i have never used or owned a micro wave.thank you for confirming it for me .
Are the Air fryers Safe to use? Thank you.
I feel this way about Air Fryers too. I am sticking with the stainless steel pan, the main oven and the ceramic slow cooker. When we threw out our old microwave we never replaced it. Haven't missed it. Apart from safety we have more counter space!
I was wondering if any air fryers are okay from a plastic exposure perspective. But looks like all use lots of plastic inside where it's heating up food.
All bottled water is transported in a regular trailer, not a refrigerated refer container. That means the bottle water has already been in a hot environment, so you're purchasing contaminated water or whatever drink is purchased in a plastic bottle.
⬆️ I was about to comment the same thing.
But those are PET bottles. Not the same thing as plastic containers and such
Can't stop thinking about all those pallets of water bottles in Iraq and Afghanistan just sitting in the sun waiting for thirsty Joes.
PET bottles are bpa free
I think about this almost every day. I drank over a dozen every day for 9 months...
Came here to comment this. If you drank that stuff, check your T-levels man. And tell every deployed dude you know to do the same. Not to TMI you, but I promise you that stuff killed my Testosterone (and I know multiple combat vets in the same boat). I'm now permanently on medication if I ever hope to keep having kids.
I almost exclusively drink water from plastic bottles, my T is low. You think that could be why? My brother's is too so I thought it's probably hereditary but who knows@@JakeRagnarok-wn9bg
Also just FYI ... crystal glassware... contains lead and does leach into whatever you put into the glass, especially acidic liquids like wine.
so heating up something on the stove and putting it in a plastic bowl is bad too
yes I always wait until it’s cooled down before putting it in a plastic container
Reusable water bottles and plastic containers often don't have BPA in them and are advertised accordingly. I still prefer metal and glass though
I also prefer to put metal in my microwave
xD
Correct. BPA has been banned for a while now. But yes, glass is best
When I was very young I used to play with hot wheels and other toy cars and I’d put them in the microwave because they would start cracking sparks off like crazy. I was imitating the way cars would blow up in those 80s action movies 😂 I was always a hazard growing up. One time I emptied a bottle of acetone on my kitchen floor and lit it just to see what would happen. The entire room engulfed in flames, I sustained some burns and my mum had the scare of her life but luckily the floor wasn’t flammable and it was a big space so after a while the fire went out.
Fun fact, poking your finger into a switched on light socket zaps you exactly how it’s portrayed in cartoons. In an instant you jolt back as if a firework had blown up in your hand and your entire body feels a sharp burning sensation along with an excruciating buzzing convulsion that all lasts less than a second but leaves you in a state of shock from the intense rapid pain that also lingers. Almost like a painful numbness, like the body doesn’t know how to process what just happened
Well you will be fine with metals as long as its far away from the inner walls. I put a spoon in milky drinks when i warm them. It should never touch anything in the microwave @@DreadHalfling9
This explains why the millions of people who eat food in microwaved plastic containers everyday are barely living to 80.
😂
Alas.
Probably has more to do with their lack of exercise and obesity haha. Here's the thing because we know nothing about the real effects of this best to not cook and use plastics but the truth of the matter is one we don't know exact leakage rates they probably aren't high and chances are they are below the levels the body can deal with so long term if that's the case your fine if your not super heating all the plastics you eat with. As for micro/nano plastics those definately exist and we have data how the rates issues is with all our best efforts we can't find any correlation with micro plastics causing health issue just idea we haven't been able to prove. Ultimately, out of uncertainty should just be safe with it but everything abobut this topic today is mostly just fear mongering
@Keyy7787 how to let everyone know you didn't get the joke.
@@noshybabs if only it was worth getting lol jokes tend to be cleaver kid
So, this happens every single day during the summer. Water bottles, in your car, that can get up to well above 100 degrees. Impossible to avoid that scenario and others like that.
How about silicone?
Biologically inert
@@kucanusa3750 wtf does that mean
@ufufu001 yes, it's safe...bio= life
inert = chemically non-reactive
In a nutshell, it will not react to biological tissue.
@@ceilingfansunite thank you my king
One doesnt mix oil based with silicone
I got rid of my microwave years ago, haven't looked back.
It isn't the microwave that is harmful. 🤨 Get rid of the plastic instead.
@aximomatic I can't use plastic in the oven or on the range, so I don't have that issue without the microwave
The major risk for microplastics is the dust given off from car tires. That stuff is everywhere. Reheating leftovers in tupperware is not that big of a concern.
Been microwaving in Tupperware since the 80s still doing My thang at 56
You got the best Watch on the Market dude! Its on my Wishlist a long time! 🎉
But a microwave is not a heated environment. It's not an oven. The plastic doesn't get heated up, only the food inside it does due to its water content. The plastic does get heated up by the hot food of course, but that raises the question if and how many BPAs actually get released by this.
POV: You ask the guy in front of the gas station how his day is going
Most plastic containers and bottles have been BPA free for almost a decade...
Buy good glass. Anchor and pyrex are always on sale/clearance somewhere 😂
It's called "leaching," and it's why I carry a stainless steel water bottle and filter my own water at home with a high grade commercial water filter.
My dad died of pancreatic cancer at a young age and he did that all the time heated things up in plastic tupaware bowls with plastic lids. They’d be condensating when you took them out. I wonder if this could’ve caused his cancer
The convenience stores here (Texas) store their cases outside in the summer, sun shining on them. Horrble all the things we are exposed knowingly and unknowingly
I think a problem many people tend to glance over is the effects of BPA, or any plastics for the most part, on endocrine pathways and epigenetic alterations. Sure, plastics can cause cancers or other issues in one individual in one lifetime; however, research is showing that the effects of microplastics and other compounds are being inherited among multiple generations, sometimes compounding in nature (disregulation of genes and therefore possible health issues - infertility, cancers, etc. - through epigenetic modification).
TLDR: Plastics can change your genes and be inherited by your kids and their kids and so on.
I had a housemate in university that somehow got this advice mixed up as "only put plastic in the microwave." She wouldn't microwave Pyrex. 😂
Ancient old lady telling me what to do. I don't want to live so long I end up fighting Brendan Fraser in the Mummy franchise 😂
I remember being very young (probably around 7-8), watching a news story about eating out of microwave plastic containers. The way the story was framed and the questions were asked, I knew not to do that.
All water bottles are transported in trucks and cargo ships that are not refrigerated, so all water bottles have sit in a hot truck or shipping container for a long period of time, especially the ones bottled over seas
I took her advice. I switched out all my plastic to glass and ceramic. Then I started smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day. I'm glad that i made the healthy choices she is promoting.
Thanx for telling us this after 60 some years of microwaving food .
I mean it's really just common sense 😂😂😂😂
@terrys7666 WOW ! Your common sense is amazing ! For a twit .
@terrys7666 what about it ?
The thing that frustrates me is there is a great alternative that is microwavable; hemp. You can make disposable containers that biodegrade out of hemp but nobody's doing it.
We've been doing this for decades. Everyone has been fine. We will always be fine.
Literally eating a microwave meal out of its plastic container while watching this.
Me watching this 25 minutes after microwaving plastic while cooking dinner
Fact is that no one can buy any food, produce, fruit, vegetables or any type of drinks today that hasn’t been touched plastic either at harvest, sorting, production, processing, packaging, transport, etc.
Family thought I was nuts years and years ago. I only use cast iron, ceramic, glass. Not even for hot drinks in any plastics. You can put exterior rubber covers on glass or ceramic. Glass baby bottles, water bottles we only use glass. Spring water in the green glass.
Thinking now.....those covers we cover the food to prevent splatters in the microwave 😮
Imagine worrying so much in life.
Stress is actually extremely bad for you.
Bisphenols are never used in HDPE. Just use HDPE if you're heating plastic and food together. PETE, PS, and PP are food safe but often not suitable for hot beverages. PLA is food safe but will soften with heat.
PVC and other plastics are not food safe at all.
Phthalates are in most plastic types, more dangerous than bisphenols, and leach under all conditions. The more dangerous ones have been banned, now.
My god, thank you for saying the chemistry. Its because you are softening the plastic with heat and releasing unbound polymers. It has nothing to do with the microwave, in fact all that does is heat the polar molecules in the food such as water.
some people mistaken that food safe plastic wrappers are safe tends to heat or boil food in them. It’s the same thing and it’s definitely unsafe either way!
I think we're all screwed if it truly matters 😢
I almost lost my mind when I found out all my friends used to heat the water in the old styrofoam cups of cup noodles in the microwave.