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>From: "C. James Strutz"
>Newsgroups: alt.food.vegan
>Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:02:32 -0500

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>Mmm, I have always heard that you shouldn't cook in unanodized aluminum
>cookware since it's said to be carcinogenic. Anodized cookware is okay.
>
>Aluminum soda cans are coated so they don't present a danger. Tin is okay as
>long as you don't allow the insides to oxidize. Don't store food in open tin
>cans. Unleaded glass and ceramic is fine. One exception to glass/ceramic is
>when the lip/rim area of tumblers and mugs are decorated with lead based (or
>mercury, chromium, cadmium) colors. I have heard there are issues with PET
>plastic bottles. Some studies have shown a higher incidence of cancer in
>factory workers who produce it. It's thought to be attributed to toxic
>chemicals used in their manufacture. And, of course, you know not to
>microwave food in plastic containers that are not approved for that purpose.
>I've also heard that styrofoam releases gas but I don't know how that
>effects foodstuffs that are contained in them.

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