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Dangers of Heating Food in Plastic - Microwave Health Risks ...
If you want clues to the components of plastics, check the recycling codes on the bottoms of containers. Number 7 may contain BPA and 3 may contain .
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/product-reviews/consumer-protection/plastic-safety-heat-food-5

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What is microwave plastic number 7?

What Are Safe Plastic Numbers To Use? — EcoVillageGreen
Feb 9, 2010 . The primary culprit for BPA is plastic recycling number 7. BUT NOT ALL . 4) Is it safe to heat up foods touching plastic in the microwave oven?
http://ecovillagegreen.com/1812/what-are-safe-plastic-numbers-to-use/

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What Do The Plastic Recycling Numbers Mean? — EcoVillageGreen
Apr 1, 2009 . If the wrap is listed as microwave-safe then I would still not let it touch the food . Plastic #7: This number basically means “everything else.
http://ecovillagegreen.com/903/what-do-the-plastic-recycling-numbers-mean/

Chronic

Is it safe to microwave plastic? | Prevention | Get Healthy | Best Health
These included frozen food trays, microwaveable soup containers and plastic baby food packaging. What? Isn't BPA only in No. 7 polycarbonate plastic?
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/prevention/is-it-safe-to-microwave-plastic

Acute

Exposure to Chemicals in Plastic
Mar 20, 2012 . Look closely at plastics with a number 7 recycling symbol on the bottom. . may leach into food when heated in a regular or microwave oven.
http://www.breastcancer.org/risk/factors/plastic.jsp

  • Acute Myelogenous microwave plastic number 7 (AML) - the most common type of leukemia in adults
  • Chronic Lymphocytic microwave plastic number 7 (CLL) - the 2nd most common type of leukemia
  • Chronic Myelogenous microwave plastic number 7 (CML) - the 3rd most common type of leukemia
  • Acute Lymphocytic microwave plastic number 7 (ALL) - the least common type of leukemia (primarily affecting children)

Treatments for microwave plastic number 7

Microwave Safe Plastics? | Gather
Mar 30, 2008 . Before you put any plastic dish in the microwave, check to make sure it says " microwave safe" and doesn't have a number 7. Containers that .
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977297309

The Wrap on Plastic
Basically if the container has a number 7 in the recycle symbol AND it is a hard, clear . Personally I've discontinued use of plastics in the microwave until more .
http://www.herbal-howto-guide.com/plastic.html

Home & Garden | The hazards in our plastic | Seattle Times ...
May 20, 2007 . Microwave food in glass or ceramic containers with no metallic paint. . uses the number 7 recycling symbol that stands for "other plastics." .
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2003703428_ecoconsumer19.html

Should You Microwave Plastic? Is Your Water Safe If It Was In Your ...
Basically, they report that you should always use microwave-safe plastic if you're going to use . Plastic Numbers to Avoid - BPA Numbers - If you really want to know what those . Pay attention to #7: polycarbonate - an endocrine disruptor.
http://cclitgirl.hubpages.com/hub/Should-You-Microwave-Plastic

Remission

A Clear and Plastic Danger
Jul 15, 2010 . Food companies advise parents worried about BPA to avoid microwaving food in plastic containers, especially those with the recycling No. 7 .
http://www.healthiertalk.com/clear-and-plastic-danger-2075

Microwave-Safe Plastics
Nov 4, 2006 . Which plastics are safe for cooking in a microwave oven? . There are no " microwave safe symbols" in common use. . Type 7 - polycarbonate; "other" (can contain bisphenol A (BPA); most polycarbonate contains bisphenol .
http://www.scn.org/~bk269/plastics.html

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Microwave Radiation Safety – Microwave Danger – Microwave ...
Jul 14, 2009 . Apparently no one thought of cooking food with microwaves until the 1940s, . 7, but may also be present in some plastics labeled with Nos.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/microwave-radiation-ovens-460709

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Which Plastics Are Safe? | Care2 Healthy Living
Nov 20, 2011 . Baby bottles, microwave ovenware, eating utensils, plastic coating for metal . I have a plastic bottle of cordial concentrate & it has the number 3 .
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/which-plastics-are-safe.html