[pct-l] PLASTIC IS BAD TO HEAT - some stuff from the web

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

ok everyone I found some info about why heating plastic is bad...
If you remember I sent out information a few months ago telling everyone 
that cooking things in plastic bags is bad.. well looks like the webb 
finally caught up with what they were telling us in school  a couple years 
ago:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23011

http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/eating/microwave.html

http://www.emagazine.com/view/?1132

http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arc99/7_24_99/food.htm

Your welcome,

Mouse


>From: "AsABat" <AsABat@4Jeffrey.Net>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] Gallon plastic bag cooking question
>Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:29:43 -0800
>
>I usually carry one of those plastic cups that come with camping cook kits
>to measure water, or have a way to have a warm drink while boiling my 
>dinner
>water. I put the plastic bag in the cup. While the entire bag doesn't fit,
>enough does so if the bag leaks it leaks into the cup. The cup is also
>easier to hold that the bag, which can be very hot and also sloshes around
>easily.
>
>AsABat
>
> > I love the idea of keeping my cookpot clean, but I'm also a little
> > concerned
> > about putting boiling water in a plastic Glad or Ziploc bag.
>
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