[pct-l] freezer bag cozy

[Brick Robbins]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Kathryn Zimmerman
<thebaglady07 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know what with the issue of heat and plastics (i.e. water
> bottles sitting in the sun and reheating foods in microwave) if the leaching
> of unhealthy elements in freezer bags are an issue?  Probably is, don't ya
> think?

The problem here is that there are a whole bunch of different
chemicals that plastics are made of

the two main additives that scientists are worried about now are
Phthalates and Bisphenol A

Ziploc bags are made of Low Density Poly Ethylene (LDPE) and that is
one of the plastics that contains neither and is pretty well accepted
as safe.

The other is good old Poly Propylene. It turns out that the high end
clear lexan Nalgene bottles are one of the worst. Nalgene has since
switched to a different type of plastic,

http://www.thegreenguide.com/buying-guide/plastic-containers

HYOH, YMMV