If they dont kill you, they will certainly kill the enviroment!

I apologize ahead of time if the following seems snotty. It's not meant to be, but I just don't write in a way to make people feel all warm and fuzzy (business writing is what I do, not creative writing). Don't read any tone into it, like so many people seem to do.

Just to point out a couple of things. This blog is just an opinion that doesn't really back up any claims with any real studies that show he is correct. He points out a "study" that was actually a dissertation that was wrong, but he doesn't show any that were correct that back him up. He was also completely unaware that burned PVC is extremely toxic (most burned plastic is toxic actually). Removal of burned playgrounds which almost always contain PVC actually requires Hazmat suits because of the dioxin load present. When it comes down to it, to really know the effects of plastics and their chemicals on the human body, a very long study needs to be done, most likely decades long, with a large pool of people and ensure that the control group avoids plastic, which is a very difficult thing to do. I can see all sorts of ethics problems with this. However, we can already test and see that the body excretes these chemicals or broken down chemicals, so we know that we are ingesting them. The question is what these chemicals are doing to us.

Also, it's already been shown that #7 plastic, which was considered safe for food/water storage is now not-so-safe which is why Nalgene is phasing it out of their water bottles.

I used to work with plastics and their production and my mom's a polymer chemist. It's nasty stuff to say the least. In the unfortunate (and not so uncommon) event of an exotherm (plastic when heated can sometimes create it's own rise in temperature causing it to burn/catch on fire) we would have to evacuate our entire building because of it's toxicity. I'll probably die of cancer. =P

Here are some articles that are backed up by studies:

www.cbc.ca/consumer/sto...le-study.html
www.allheadlinenews.com/articl...0688657
www.sciam.com/article.cfm

Tupperware, a plastic, is easily scratched and even in the minute scratches can harbor TONS of bacteria. When preserving food the rule is that you should never reuse plastic containers because it is so difficult to get them completely clean.

I have cats and dogs and can attest that cat kibble is just as dry as dog kibble. Regardless of how dry it is, it is still not sterile and free of bacteria.